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Dr. Nassereddin Alshaer made a visit for
the test halls at Birzeit
On Monday, 12 june 2006, minister of education
and higher education Dr. Nassereddin Alshaer made a visit for each
Alameer Hassan Secondary Boys School and Almajedah Waseelah
secondary Girls School to watch out the running of the national
tests in the village.
Dr.Alshaer made sure that the tests are
running smoothly and quietly as it should be and assured that the
ministry paid out 100JD for the national test (Tawjihi) staff, he
also presented his appreciation for their efforts in succeeding the
exams.
Minister of Education
and Higher Education
meets the Sweden Delegation (Seera)
Dr. Nassereddin Alshaer met on June11 ,2006
the director of the Sweden institution for special education
(Seera) Mr. Roben Bagestrom accompanied him the director of
Seera institution in Jericho Salwa Hameedah and Mohammed Hawash the
deputy director of Jericho education.
The common cooperation was discussed in the
meeting for improving and developing the program of especial needs
since Seera used to introduce its services for special needs
students in both Jericho and Bethlehem districts.
Otherwise, Dr. Nasser Alshaer discussed the
importance of continuing support and coordination for all these
institutions, they also studied the idea of establishing a new
school for special education in Jericho through observing the
previous plans that the ministry made for this project, pointing out
that the ministry cares to continue supporting the efforts of these
institutions in the domain of educating special needs people.
Ministry of Education
holds a workshop for evaluating the International
Bank project achievements
Ministry of education held on June 5,2006 a
workshop for evaluating the project of educational work development
which is donor by the international bank with the presence of the
international bank staff headed by Adriana Harmelo .
Mr. Basri Saleh, the director general of
international and public relations opened the workshop with a
summary shows the strong relationship between the ministry and the
international bank since 1998 and appreciate its role in supporting
and implementing the project.
Leena Tutanjy, the directress of the
international bank project clarified the project achievements which
support the ministry strategies through developing a system for
running the financial affairs and applying the regime of scholastic
plan.
The project covers some of supervisors,
administrators and teachers training activities beside school
maintenance and supplying them with scientific and computer labs and
building 4 training schools in each of Jenin, Qalqiliah, Salfeet and
Gaza.
In the end of the meeting, Mr. Amer Madi
introduced a prepared evaluating study shows the positive sides of
the project which indicates the possibilities of future development.
On the first day of Tawjihi National
Secondary Examination
President Abbas and the Minister of
Education and Higher Education Tour Test Site in the West Bank;
Prime Minister Visits Test Halls in Gaza
On Wednesday, 7 June 2006, the first day of
the Tawjihi exams went
 smoothly
despite the Israeli military
occupation’s checkpoints and other obstacles.
President Mahmoud Abbas visited the “Tawjihi”
national exam halls in the West Bank accompanied by Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr.
Nassereddin Alshaer, Legislative Council Speaker Dr.Azziz Duaik, and
other officials from the Ministry of Education.
In Gaza, Prime Minister Ismael Hanyiah also
paid a visit to Tawjihi students in the exam halls, accompanied by a
number of officials form the Ministry of Education in Gaza, where he
talked with student taking the exam to make sure they have a
suitable environment for taking the test, and that the process was
going as planned.
President Abbas praised the efforts of the
Ministry of Education and Higher Education, Minister Nassereddin
Alshaer, and Ministry’s staff for their hard work in conducting the
test in a timely and well organized manner. In a press conference,
President Abbas said “everything is going well, we were briefed
about the exams procedures, we felt that the students are ready to
go forward, they are doing their exams in a comfortable manner, and
we wish them great achievement and promising future.” President
Abbas added that this is one stations in our country’s progress, we
pray that we will be able to overcome the political and the
financial siege, and he pledge to go forward in our march to build
our independent state.
Dr. Nassereddin Alshaer expressed gratitude to
Mr. Abbas’ confidence in the Ministry of Education’s ability, and
its preparation for the national exams; he also thanked the
Palestinian security forces and the Ministry’s staff for their
support of the Ministry, especially insuring that the exams are held
in an atmosphere of tranquility and peace. He also urged the
community to show love, peace, and responsibility throughout the
exams period.
405 Palestinian students under the 18th are
suffering in the Israeli detention camps.
 More than 4000 Palestinian children have been
arrested since the start of this Intifada on the 28th of September,
2000. 405 students still in detention camps and have been suffering
all kinds of torture, bad treatments and living under difficult
medical and psychological circumstances by Israeli army and
intelligence.
According to recent statistics made by the
ministry of education and higher education concerning the imprisoned
children from both Gaza and the West Bank and were distributed as
follow: 3 from Gaza and 384 from the West Bank, 19 from Jerusalem,
66 from Nablus, 41 from Ramallah , 38 from Hebron, 9 from South
Hebron ,13 from Jenin,136 from Bethlehem, and 4 girls.
The statistics showed that the arrested
students were from primary and secondary schools, in order to
prohibit them from having their basic right of education, and living
their lives in peace like all other children of the world to dream
in a promising future.
The
statistics also showed that the number of arrested children last
year alone were 226, and 70 of them (21%) were having different
kinds of diseases from the bad and very rough treatment by their
jailers, and they were deprived from their basic medical care.
According to
the captive association, witnesses, and detained children relatives,
99% of these children have been suffering from inhuman treatment,
insulting, and tortured by hitting them all over their bodies by the
Israeli army intelligence, 500 of the children have been detained
under 18 years of old and they are now over 18 years and still in
detention camps.
Denying them from their basic rights
These
children have been suffering from difficult and bad circumstances in
the Israeli detention camps, there are 42 of them very sick and have
been denied medical treatment, visitation rights by lawyers and
families, being put in dark prison cells, giving poor and under
nutrition food, unhealthy shower and bathrooms, no counselors and
psychiatrists, being harassed sexually by hard Israeli criminals,
punished as group and have been exposed to contagious diseases. All
of these are against international human right laws and in
particular the international child protection agreement and the
Geneva fourth agreement.
Fear and Panic
These
detained children are living in continuous panic and fear from daily
barbaric assaults and torture by their captives and army
intelligence and in particular the investigators who forces them to
admit participating in the Intifada and doing acts they did not do,
in addition they uses all kinds of psychological pressures against
these children human dignity and rights. These detained children are
also being put with Israeli drug attics, gangs and criminals who
continue to threat their lives using sharp blades and in some cases
molesting them. These children are prevented from all their basic
rights and needs despite the different in religion and nationality
allowed by international laws and agreements. These detained
children have been arrested randomly and not knowing why they have
been arrested and where they are being held and have been staying
long time without a lawyer and with no right to inform their
families. According to the international human right law, these
detained children have the right to a lawyer and the right to inform
his/her family of the arrest and the right to know the reason of the
arrest, and owns the right to object the accusation and contesting
it and the right to contact the out side world, and the right to
have human treatment and human dignity. According to the detained
children witnesses, the Israeli authority and prison administration
refuses to transfer sick detained children to the hospital for
treatment and medical care, and in some cases they suffer from the
medical staff as well that is forbidden by international human right
laws and agreements. Further, many of these detained children have
been suffering from psychological diseases that will affect their
lives in the future. The official statistics shows that nearly 40%
of these psychological diseases are caused by torture and barbaric
treatment by the Israeli army and its intelligence, bad food, and
unhealthy detention camp.
The
table shows the # of arrested students and teachers inside Israeli
jails:
|
Number |
The Directorate |
Students |
Teachers |
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-1 |
Jenin |
13 |
11 |
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-2 |
Kabatiah |
43 |
7 |
|
-3 |
Tulkarim |
30 |
- |
|
-4 |
Kalkiliah |
4 |
2 |
|
-5 |
Nablus |
66 |
4 |
|
-6 |
Sulfite |
3 |
3 |
|
-7 |
Ramallah & Albirah |
41 |
11 |
|
-8 |
Jericho |
- |
- |
|
-9 |
Jerusalem suburbs |
18 |
2 |
|
-10 |
Jerusalem |
1 |
2 |
|
-11 |
Bethlehem |
136 |
5 |
|
-12 |
Hebron |
38 |
14 |
|
-13 |
South Hebron |
9 |
15 |
|
-14 |
Gaza |
- |
- |
|
-15 |
North Gaza |
- |
- |
|
-16 |
The middle of Gaza |
3 |
- |
|
-17 |
Khan Younis |
- |
- |
|
-18 |
Rafah |
- |
- |
|
Total |
|
405 |
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Twilight Zone / "Are we finished having our children killed?"
By Gideon
Levy - Haaretz
A bullet in
the head from a distance of a few meters, fired suddenly and without
warning shots aimed at the wheels, which the Israel Defense Forces
claims there were. This is the way undercover soldiers from the
Border Police killed Akaber Zaid, an eight-and-a-half year-old, who
was on her way to the doctor, according to her uncle, who was with
her and was also wounded.
Little Akaber
was going to the doctor and he did indeed see her, but there was no
longer a reason for him to do so. She had been on the way to have
him remove stitches from her chin, but instead arrived dead at the
same doctor's office, with her head smashed and her skull gaping.
Soldiers from
the Border Police's undercover unit, known by the Hebrew acronym
Yamas, shot at her uncle's taxi at close range as he was parking the
vehicle next to the doctor's office. All the soldiers' claims, as
presented to the media by the IDF, to the effect that they had shot
at the taxi's wheels in accordance with the "regulations for
arresting a suspect," were nothing but lies, says the girl's uncle,
who was sitting next to her. The car was sprayed from the right and
from behind with bullets, which entered through its windows. The
shots were fired from just a few meters away, the uncle stresses, in
the light of a street lamp.
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We saw the
taxi this week: All its wheels are intact. However, those who
carried out the "investigations" on behalf of the IDF and the Border
Police did not even bother to examine the vehicle, or to question
the man who had driven it. He was also wounded and is hospitalized.
We also took testimony from him and could not find a single fact on
the ground that contradicts what he reports: The undercover soldiers
shot at the girl from two directions, from nearby and, the uncle
says, without warning. No soldier with a gun, certainly not an
expert sharpshooter from the Yamas, would aim at close range at
wheels and hit someone in the head instead.
Down the
road, hundreds of meters from the shooting, are the remaining signs
of the destruction wreaked by the Border Police. Not one wanted man
was detained, but a five-story apartment block was badly damaged and
there are wrecks of cars that were completely crushed, one after the
other, still standing in the street.
Why did the
undercover soldiers shoot at a young girl? How could they dare claim
they aimed at the wheels? Why did they have to shoot at innocent
people in a taxi in the first place? Why did they wreak such havoc?
Why did they crush vehicles that were the last source of income for
their owners? What is the difference between this action on the
soldiers' part and a terrorist attack? And why are these questions
not being asked?
The father
did not accompany his daughter to Dr. Samara. He said he could not
bear to see the doctor removing the stitches from her little chin.
Akaber was a second-grade pupil from the village of Al-Yamoun,
northwest of Jenin. In her picture from kindergarten, she can be
seen wearing a square black graduation cap, like those worn by
university graduates and people receiving doctorates. That is the
custom in the Al-Yamoun kindergarten: The children who excel are
photographed with the special hat. That is how she will remain in
the collective consciousness of that town, whose sons once worked in
Israel.
Akaber is not
the first girl they are burying. How many children were killed in
Al-Yamoun in the past few years? The school principal, who came to
pay his condolences to the family, begins to list them, one by one,
but stops suddenly and asks: "Why should I count them? Are we
finished having our children killed?"
The father
enters the mourners' room in the local council building, his eyes
red with crying. Abdel Rahman Zaid, 31, the father of six, drives a
commercial van that travels in the West Bank, when possible. About
three weeks ago, Akaber fell on the stairs in her house and hurt her
chin. Last Friday it was time to remove the stitches. When Abdel
Rahman returned from work, he asked his brother Kamal - a
27-year-old taxi driver, whom he calls Hamoudi - to go with Akaber
to the doctor's house on the hill, where he has his office. It was
Friday night, the last night of her life. His brother took the girl
and she sat beside him in the passenger seat. The father stresses
that the taxi's windows were transparent; there were no curtains
covering them or hiding the passengers. Any soldier could see the
occupants, any soldier from the Yamas could see that there was a
small girl with a braid sitting there.
The two left
for the doctor's and soon reached his street. From his bed in the
government hospital in Jenin, his wounded hand in a bandage, Kamal
relates that after parking, he suddenly noticed some soldiers to the
right of the car. It is a narrow road and they were standing barely
a few meters away. He says they began firing immediately, from the
right and from behind. Only after that did he hear shouting in
Hebrew, which he does not speak. Little Akaber was already lying on
the seat with her head smashed.
Kamal lifted
her up in his arms; the soldiers instructed him to leave her on the
road. Thus, they remained on the road - the dead girl and her
wounded uncle. The Yamas soldiers ordered him to stand, to lift up
his shirt and then to sit back down. They continued to shoot in the
air, Kamal says. A neighbor took the girl to the doctor who was
expecting her. From there she was taken to the hospital in Jenin
where her death was confirmed.
The uncle's
arm was bandaged on the spot and he was taken by military Jeep for
interrogation. He says the soldiers beat him. There was a dog in the
vehicle, who sniffed him, and a soldier called Raslan who, he says,
hit him in the head when he spoke Arabic. Kamal took three bullets
in the arm and leg. He says seven bullets hit the girl, three of
them in her head.
The yellow
Renault taxi tells the story: Its wheels are intact, but its body is
riddled with bullet holes. The back window is shattered, and there
are bullet holes in the back head rest and in its sides. There are
blood stains everywhere, the blood of the dead girl and her wounded
uncle.
All this
time, they hid her death from her father. Abdel Rahman had heard the
shots - the doctor's office is not far from their house - but he
never thought of his daughter somehow, only of his brother. He went
to the doctor's office and there they told him that Akaber had been
wounded. The doctor injected him with a sedative, and he says he did
not wake up until morning. Only when he awoke and went home, at
about 5 A.M., did his other brother break the bad news. His wife
already knew: She heard the news on an Arabic-language TV station.
Through his
tears, the father wants to tell us something: The girl's mother,
Ikram, was born in Israel. Akaber was also Israeli. She was born in
a Nazareth hospital and has an Israeli birth certificate. She was
buried in the Al-Yamoun cemetery on Saturday morning.
The IDF
Spokesman: "On March 17, while a special forces unit of the Border
Police was engaged in arresting wanted men in the village of
Al-Yamoun, northwest of Jenin, the unit surrounded an area in which
there was a suspicion that wanted men were hiding. During the
operation, the force saw a taxi that seemed suspicious approaching
the area and began the procedure of arresting a suspect. When it
failed to heed the soldiers' calls, they opened fire in the
direction of the taxi."
Does anyone
think the uncle would not have heeded the calls to stop if indeed
the soldiers had called out? The man was taking his little niece to
the doctor. The army announced merely that "the IDF regrets harming
the Palestinian girl and is conducting a comprehensive examination
of the circumstances of the event."
The scene of
the destruction: A Palestinian bulldozer removed the wreckage next
to the Zaid family's house on Sunday. A five-story building, which
the soldiers suspected was housing wanted men, has been partially
destroyed. The family members are now covering the huge holes in it
with gray bricks, and its elegant columns are in danger of
collapsing. In the yard below are the other wrecked cars: a yellow
Mercedes taxi, a white Subaru, and another few pieces of metal that
were once cars.
Mohammed
Zaid, who owns one of the apartments, emerges from the debris: "This
is the Jewish army - this is the bad Jewish army," shouts his uncle
who is with him. Mohammed recalls that at about seven on Friday
night, he saw another group of soldiers outside his grocery shop.
They demanded that he tell all the residents to leave the building.
There are five large families - families of a lawyer, a doctor, an
engineer, a teacher - living in the five stories. All the tenants
went out into the street and had to wait there until morning -
dozens of children, women and men - until the soldiers finished
their work.
Mohammed says
that the women and children acted as a barrier between the area
where people were shooting at the soldiers, from one house, and the
area where the Border Police was returning fire. When the building
had been evacuated, they sent Mohammed to turn the lights on in all
the rooms to see if someone was still there. An IDF bulldozer was
ready to tear the structure down. Mohammed says he suggested the
soldiers accompany him to see that no one was left inside, but they
shut him up, saying, "We know what work we have to do." Around
midnight, the bulldozer started tearing things down. The house
across the street was also damaged.
Mohammed says
he asked an officer: "Does Israeli law permit you to do this?" The
officer said, according to Mohammed: "Go and complain at the UN."
Mohammed's
brother, a dentist, whose clinic was completely destroyed, tried to
tell an officer that he was a doctor "for humans," and the officer
replied: "Shut up."
Mohammed was
taken for interrogation at the Salem facility and was released only
on Saturday at noon. He says he told his interrogator: "On TV, you
say you are a democracy." The interrogator replied: "Democracy is
only for the TV."
Mohammed, a
teacher, says: "I always tell my pupils that we like peace. What
will I tell them now? That this is what peace looks like?"
We go to the
top of the hill where Akaber was killed. A sign points the way to
Dr. Samara's clinic. Someone has placed a row of little stones on
the road where the taxi stood, to mark where the little body was.
The bloodstains have not yet been wiped away. From an old elections
poster, Yasser Arafat's picture looks down on this makeshift
memorial to Akaber.
The Palestinian Council for Higher Education sent a thankful
letter to the British Academic
Institutions
The
Palestinian Council for Higher Education sent a thankful letter to
all academic institutions in Britain for their positive stand beside
the Palestinians by boycotting the Israeli Academic Institutions for
denouncing them the atrocities behaviors in the Occupied Palestinian
Land. The Palestinian Council for Higher Education wrote:
"Dear Colleagues,
The
Palestinian Council for Higher Education wishes to extend its
sincere appreciation for your continuous support to the Palestinian
cause which crystallized itself in the latest decision by the NATFHE to boycott Israeli academics as well as academic institutions
that do not denounce Israeli atrocities committed in the occupied
Palestine land.
We believe
that this brave and honest stand taken by the NATFHE will further
support the Palestinians in their rightful struggle towards
achieving a just and lasting peace in the holy land. A peace that
can only be realized through ending the occupation and that can
offer stability, justice, and hope for the Palestinians in their
independent state, in accordance with international law and
legitimacy.
We see in
such a stand a clear message to all academics all over the world to
take their role in opposing oppression and denouncing all acts
committed against international law. It is our duty as academic
community to be active players in making the world a better place
and in delivering our voice in this rightful struggle.
The decision
of the Palestinian Council of Higher Education in banning
cooperation with Israeli academics, researchers and institutions
stems from the one simple fact, namely; the denial of the right of
Palestinian academia to exercise free movement between their cities
and villages and their ability to communicate freely with the
outside world and the international academic community. This can
only be achieved by ending the occupation.
Let us also,
use this opportunity to call upon the international academic and
scientific communities to act positively towards ending the Israeli
occupation, thus creating the environment for equal and fruitful
cooperation. We strongly believe that by providing the positive
environment, Palestinian people can contribute effectively to the
well being and stability of this region.
On our part,
we will continue our mission in serving the Palestinian education
sector and we will work on enhancing the role of the Palestinian
curriculum in promoting social development and in protecting
concepts of social harmony, diversity, and women's rights. The
Palestinian education sector was and is still protective of the
Palestinian cultural heritage. This has been our mission and will
stay.
We thank you
again for this strong and daring stand.
Sincerely,
The Palestinian Council for Higher Education
12 Palestinian
students to participate this year in the United World Colleges
program
The
directorate general of international and public relations held a
meeting via the video conference between Ramallah and Gaza to
introduce the students chosen to participate this year in the “UWC”,
program.
Mr.Basri
Saleh director general of international and public relations
welcomed all participants in Ramallah and Gaza, he spoke briefly
over the “UWC” program and its acheivments;and how the ministry
coped with the program for several years picking the best and more
qualified students to represent Palestine educationally and morally.
Mr. Numan
Alshareef, Deputy director of international and public relations
Gaza in Gaza emphasized the importance of holding such a meeting
that will help students to meet each of them to understand their
mission by listening to each other and learn from other students who
attended the “UWC” program ,experiences, in order to carry their
mission successfully.
The united
world colleges program aim is to build a good and successful
relationship with other nations through exchanging cultural and
educational experiences that will help advance the Palestinian
academic standards. The 12 Palestinian students from various schools
will attend this year program went through tough competition an high
standards. They will attend 12 united colleges located in,
Canada.U.S.A, Europe and Middle America.
Ministry of
Education Condemns the Shelling of the Islamic University
Ramallah --
4/7/2006 -- On 29 June 2006 the Israeli occupation forces targeted
the Islamic University with a rocket that fell in the university’s
football field without causing injuries; and on Tuesday, 4 July
2006, an Israeli military helicopter gunship fired a rocket at the
Student Council’s office building at the same university campus in
Gaza, destroying it completely. The Ministry of Education and Higher
Education condemned this new Israeli crime of targeting university
buildings and institutions. In a press conference, Ministry
officials denounced these Israeli barbaric acts which violate the
sanctity of civilian and educational facilities.
The Ministry
deemed such acts of indiscriminate violence and collective
punishment a reflection of the Israeli reckless and criminal
disregard for international law, and the Geneva Convention, of which
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibiting collective
punishment, and Article 48 forbidding military actions against
civilian populations and infrastructure. The Ministry also called
upon the international community to take a decisive action to
protect the Palestinian educational institutions from disruption of
the educational process, and endangering the lives of students and
staff; and urged states and institutions throughout the world to
actively boycott, sanction, and divest from Israel for its crimes
against humanity.
The Ministry
unequivocally denied the Israeli claims that the Islamic Resistance
Movement (Hamas) used the buildings for its activities, that it was
holding a meeting at the time of the Israeli attack, when in fact
there was no one in the targeted university buildings at that time.
The Ministry reiterated its assertion that, contrary to Israeli
claims, Palestinian universities and other educational institutions
are strictly academic facilities used for learning, teaching, and
research.
Minister of
Education, Dr. Nasereddin Alshaer, sent a message to Dr. Kamaleen
Kamel Sha’ath, president of Islamic University, expressing
solidarity and support of the Islamic University after the vicious
attacks by the Israeli occupation army. Dr. Alshaer also assured Dr.
Sha’ath that the Ministry will do its utmost to provide protection
for the universities, and safety for our students, and will do
everything in its power to insure the continuation of academic life,
in order for the Islamic University to remain as it has always been,
a leader and a beacon of thought, evolution and creativity.
Again, we
deplore these barbaric and illegal acts against our educational
institutions, and call upon the international academic institutions,
and human rights organizations, to denounce these Israeli crimes,
and to demand that the Israeli military put an immediate end to its
deliberate attacks on Palestinian education and civil society.
ISESCO denounces destruction by Israel of the
Islamic university and other civil institutions in Gaza
The Islamic
educational, scientific and cultural organization-ISESCO- has
condemned the destruction by Israel of the Islamic university in
Gaza City, in the Palestinian territories, in the communiqué it used
on July, 12, 2006, ISESCO revealed that
the Israeli occupation forces struck, for the second time in one
week, the Islamic university building and facilities, leading to its
complete destruction.
ISESCO’s
communiqué stated that the Israeli occupation forces fired missiles
on the building of the ministry of education and higher education in
Gaza city, causing it serious damage. The Dar Al-Arqam School in El-Tuffah
area was also targeted.
ISESCO
reaffirmed its strong condemnation of the Israeli barbaric
aggression against civilians UNESCO, to condemn these criminal acts
and to take an immediate, serious and firm action to protect the
Palestinian people and its civilian institutions and to stop the
racist Israeli aggression that goes contrary to international laws
and resolutions.
Ministry of
Education & Higher Education emphasizes the need for adequate health
school bags
On July 17,
2006 Minister of Education Dr. Nasereddin Alshaer emphasized the
importance of producing adequate school bags that meet health
standards. In this regard, the Ministry sent a memorandum to the
Ministry of National Economy inviting them to direct institutions
and factories to adhere to the specifications that would ensure the
safety and health for students.
Director
General of school health, Dr. Mohmmed Alremoui clarified that bags
should be made from light material and contains fewer pockets; its
length should not exceed the students shoulder width, its shoulder
strap not to be wider than 4cm, with inner lining, easy to carry,
with plastic bottom base for good weight and center of gravity
distribution.
He also
emphasized the need for the bag to be stuffed with soft material
against the back of the students to ease pressure on the spinal
cord. Dr. Alremoui explained that bags constitute a source of
danger to the health of students where numerous studies indicate a
negative impact directly on the backbone confirming that these
specifications here to reduce the phenomenon of increasing the
weight of school bags and reduce the harmful effects.
Ministry of
Education and Higher Education extended the age of admission for
first grade students
The Ministry
of Education and Higher Education announced its decision to extend
the admission age for first grade students born before 7/2/2001 for
public schools, and 14/4/2001 for private schools.
Education
Minister, Dr. Alshaer, clarified through a memo circulating to
education directorates that the decision was decided this year on an
exceptional basis, giving additional period of one week for public
schools and two weeks for private schools. The matter will be
reconsidered for next year.
Dr. Alshaer
pointed out that the aim of this resolution is to make it possible
for a larger number of students to enter school, and to increase
enrolment, in order to meet our Education for All target, and to
save efforts and expenses for parents to care for the students
during the school year.
Ministry of
education and higher education has completed the construction off
two new schools
Ministry of
Education and Higher Education has completed the construction of the
new Seemia Basic Education School in Southern Hebron, in addition to
building seven new classrooms for Al-Kasrah school in Nablus.
According to
engineer, Mr. Fawaz Mujahed, of the General Directorate of
Buildings, the Seemia school project was funded by the French
government at cost of over half a million Euros. The school has nine
classrooms, in addition to teachers’ room, administration room,
library, a computer lab, a science lab, home economics, art,
technology, a health clinic, and exterior playgrounds.
The Al-Kasrah
school project in Nablus, funded by the Norwegian government at a
cost of $178,800, included 814 square meters. It provided additional
7 classrooms, activities room, first aid unit, and outside court
yards, and will be ready for the new school year beginning September
2006.
The
completion of these two schools projects comes within the Ministry’s
efforts of providing education for all, and to solve the
overcrowding that face students, particularly in rural areas.
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