Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 46)

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Agricultural Development in the West Bank (ص 46)

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Preccollege education is handled by UNRWA and private institutions -
‘ ‘
mostly of a religious affiliation, Elenentary education ‘through
the sixth grade is compulsory for boys and girls.
High school education is characterized by the dominance of purely
acadenic subjects. Less than 10 percent of all pupils in the
1
secondary cycle are enrolled in vocational schools." The rest
ientific! streams of study whereby
are enrolled in "Literary" or
they are basically prepared to pursue higher education after they
pass their Tawjihiyah’ national examination, High marks in the
Tawjihiyah are looked upon with tremendous desire and respect
because they help facilitate admission to prestigious lines of
college education, namely, medicine and engineering. Of 8845
puplis who had successfully passed their Tawjihiyah in 19797,
4520 of them scored over 70 percent, which theoretically qualifies
then for university education, that is if they manage to secure
Adai swion somewhere.
Gllege education is accessible in institutions inside and outside
the country. A large proportion of high school students is absorbed
4n local universities and higher institutes of education. In 1981
there were three accredited universities: Birzeit, An-Najah and
Bethlehem, There were also six teacher training institutes, one
Polytechnic, three junior colleges, and a para-medical college,
The total absorption capacity of all these institutes 4s in the
Inge of 2400 - 3000 students. This is considerably smaller than
the number of pupil who pass their Tawjihiyah every year, usually
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1. Goaputed from Aduinistered Territories Statistica Qucterly
1200, op cit, p 155.
% Ibid, p 185.
* The common nae of the certificate awarded at the successful
a> i Completion of secondary education,
ee
right thousand,
over eight Consequently, a large munber of studen
ts is
still obliged to seek higher edication
The situation of higher education in the Hest ts
Bank is a source of
some paradox. Notwithstanding its attractive aspects
accentuating the commitnent of the Palestinians to their land i:
s
certainly unsatisfactory. Against a backgr tint
found of ted
investment opportunities and discriminatory economic poli,
es
Guring the past fifty years, college edication of West Bank youth
has become a pre-requisite for their subsequent emigration to
other countries where their services are in denand.
This problem has been effectively facilitated by the quality of
higher education pursued by West Bank students. fue to a number
Of complex factors the largest proportion of them go into social
Sciences and literary subjects. This has entailed very serious
consequences on the recruitment potential for such sectors as
agriculture, handicraft industries, and service professions, which
are left largely with school dropouts and pupils who could not, for
various reasons, make their way to any form of college education.
Gonsequently, the nation with one of the highest rates of college
education in the world has had no more skilled man-power in its
Productive «onomic sectors than an average under-developed
country, This is a striking indication of an educational system
Which is specialized in meeting the needs of other countries for
educated man-power, with a disregard for its own needs. And unl:
& quantitative and qualitative reorientation in the West Bank's
educational system is envisaged along criteria which are more
Msitive to local economic and political needs, then the very
Presence of the Palestinians on their land may be at stakes

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Hisham Masoud Awartani

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