Education in the Palestinian territories

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Education in Palestinian territories is provided by the government, UNRWA, and private sources.

[edit] Statistics

According the a ministrial statistic conducted in September 2005, there is 2267 schools in general education, 31001 classes, 1078488 students, and 48674 teachers in the Palestinian territories. 24% of schools are UNRWA-operated, 70% are governmental, and 6% are private. Another statistic conducted in May 2005 shows that there are 138139 students enrolled in Higher Education Institutions. Between these students, 9002 (6.5%) are in community colls, 6034 (4.4%) in university coll, 46453 (33.6%) in Al-Quds Open University, and 76650 (55.5%) in traditional universities.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Controversial curriculum

Main article: Palestinian textbooks

Throughout the Oslo peace process and especially during the al-Aqsa Intifada, the Palestinian Authority has approved of or turned a blind eye toward the education of children and teenagers in ways that seem to many to be designed to discourage peaceful negotiation to end the Arab-Israeli conflict. According to a 2006 study, Palestinian history textbooks contain passeges that allude to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and deny Israel its right to exist.