RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Nablus - 29 August 2022. Palestinian students walk to their schools of the first day of the new year study, in al-Lubban al-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus city, in the West Bank

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Head of the National Center for Measurement, Evaluation and Examinations, Dr. Mohammad Awad

STORYLINE:

Around 1.4 million students today began the new school year in Palestine at almost 3222 schools around the country amidst deep concern over the future of education in East Jerusalem due to Israeli meddling.


The Palestinian Ministry of Education said 1,385,000 students started the new school year in East Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip in 3192 schools distributed into 2,333 government schools, 375 schools operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and 484 private schools.

Attacks on education by Israeli military forces and Israeli settlers in the Palestine constitute grave violations of children’s rights to education and development. These attacks are particularly prevalent in the most vulnerable areas of the West Bank – Area C, H2 and Jerusalem

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