Transcript WATC Strategy Plan

The Impact of Israeli Occupation
On Education for All
in Palestine
Rose Shomali
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Challenges facing the MOE
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Quality of Education
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curriculum,
the learning environment,
training of teachers,
introducing modern techniques
Access to Education
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Impact on Children
interviewed in 2003
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more than 60% of Palestinian children
were suffering from emotional problems
and behavior changes.
problems among Palestinian children have
multiplied since the beginning of the
Intifada in 2000.
93% of the children reported not feeling
safe, fearing that they would be attacked.
93% reported that they fear for their
families and friends.
49% had personally experienced violence
or witnessed violence against an
immediate family member.
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Impact on Children
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21%had to move out of their homes
temporarily or permanently due to
the conflict.
52% of the children felt that their
parents were no longer able to fully
meet their needs for care and
protection.
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increase in Israel's aggression in
2006
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Israel destroyed infrastructure, bridges and
roads, severing Palestinian areas from each
other
400 checkpoints to severely restrict freedom
of movement and disrupt daily life.
Repetitive
military
closures
prevented
students and teachers from getting to school
and workerss from getting to their jobs.
exchange between the West Bank and Gaza
was terminated.
Israel constructed the “separation” wall on
Palestinian lands on the pretext of security
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The impact of the wall
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cut Palestinian families off from their land
confiscated agricultural land, and water s
annexed all of the largest settlements
villages were separated from healthcare and
education as well as other basic services.
Israel revoked the Jerusalem residency of
more than 20,000 Jerusalemites, creating
pressure on them to leave their homeland.
foreign spouses of Palestinians have been
denied residence by Israel, tearing many
Palestinian families apart forcing them to
leave Palestine
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Early Childhood care and
Development
State of preschools in selected years
99/2000
00/01
02/03
04/05
No. of preschools
843
811
758
847
Children per class
27
25
25
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Children per teacher
27
26
27
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Number of male children
40600
36574
32265
38099
No. of female children
36802
32673
29609
35020
Total no. of children
77402
69247
61874
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[1] Ibid, pp72-73
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ECCD:
Gross and net enrolment rates
Decrease in gross enrolment rate
from 37.7% in 99/00 to 29.4%in
04\05
 Decrease in the net enrolment rate
from 36.2% in 1999/02 to 22.9% in
2004/05
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Gross enrolment rate of first grade
pupils in Development programmers
1999/2000
01/02
02/03
04/05
Male
50915
51669
49262
48840
Female
53175
50082
47018
46460
Total
104090
101751
96280
95300
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Net enrolment rate of first grade pupils
in Development programmers
Male
77.6
59.9
57.5
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female
69.3
56.6
56.0
63.
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Total
73.3
58.3
56.8
64.
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Health Indicator
Per 1000 live births
1994-97
2000
M 30.3
M 25.3
F 24
F 25.6
T 27.3
T 25.5
Infant mortality rate
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Health Indicators in Early
Childhood
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Newborn deaths account for three
quarters of all infant deaths
In Gaza, the rate of mortality death for
infants under one year and under five
years of age increased by about 30%.
One in three of the newborn infants in
Gaza admitted to newborn units in
major hospitals died
About 8% of newborns have a low birth
weight (under 2500grams) .
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Health Indicators
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The rate of chronic malnutrition has
increased reaching 10%.
In Gaza, children under 5 are the most
affected.
350,000 children have experienced
stunted development due to
malnutrition.
children between 12 and 23 months of
age affected most severely
More than 15 percent of them are
malnourished
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BASIC EDUCATION INDICATORS
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increased from 572,529 in 1994/95 to
953,621 in 2005/06 (about 30% of the
population) increase rate of 66.6%.
Females 49.7% and males 50.3%.
Female enrolment in basic education in
2005/06 was 97.9 female students per
100 male students. In Gaza, this rate is
lower than in the West Bank (96.9 in
Gaza and 98.6 in the West Bank).
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Gross Enrolment in first grade
Gross enrolment for basic education for grade 1
99/2000
2000/01
01/02
Males
107.1%
101.0%
97.6%
Females
105.5%
100.4%
96.9%
F+M
106.3%
100.7%
97.2%
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Net Enrolment Rate in grade 1
Net enrolment for basic education for grade 1
1999/2000
2000/01
2001/02
Males
103.8%
98.0%
94.6%
Females
102.5%
97.6%
94.2%
F+M
103.2%
97.8%
94.4%
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Quality Education Indicator
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in the general test, those who
were qualified were only 40.39%
for males and 59.61% for females.
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Private schools 72.55
UNRWA schools 57.37
public schools rated 50.01
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Quality and Access to Education
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Good in ensuring access to
education
Need more work to ensure quality
of education
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Factors to be considered
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LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
CHANGE TOWARDS CHILD CNETERED
APPROACH
MORE FOCUS ON the process rather
than the content
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THE END
THANKS
FOR
YOUR PATIENCE
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