Selected Indicators for Education in Palestine by Level of Education and Region
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Level of Education |
Scholastic Year | Palestine | West Bank |
Gaza Strip |
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(1) Pre- School Education |
Number of Kindergartens |
2019/2020 | 2,164 | 1,452 | 712 |
Number of Children in Kindergartens |
2019/2020 | 160,162 | 93,909 | 66,253 | |
Number of Classes |
2019/2020 | 6,816 | 4,130 | 2,686 | |
(1) School Education |
Number of Schools |
2019/2020 | 3,074 | 2,323 | 751 |
Number of Students |
2019/2020 | 1,309,165 | 734,316 | 574,849 | |
Number of Classes |
2019/2020 | 42,531 | 27,914 | 14,617 | |
Average Number of Students Per Class |
2019/2020 | 30.8 | 26.3 | 39.3 | |
Average Number of Students Per Teacher |
2019/2020 | 22.4 | 19.5 | 27.5 | |
Drop out Rate from Schools |
2018/2019 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |
Repetition Rate of Schools |
2018/2019 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |
(2) Higher Education |
Number of Students in Universities, University Colleges |
2019/2020 | 207,382 | .. | .. |
Number of Graduates in Universities, University Colleges |
2018/2019 | 39,647 | .. | .. | |
Number of Students in Community Colleges |
2019/2020 | 10,263 | .. | .. | |
Number of Graduates in Community Colleges |
2018/2019 | 2,747 | .. | .. | |
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The data for Schools do not include the Israeli Municipality and Culture Committee Schools in Jerusalem | |||||
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Source (1): Ministry of Education, 2020. Data base of education survey for Scholastic Year 2019\2020. Ramallah – Palestine | |||||
Source (2): Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, 2021. Higher education statistical yearbook for Scholastic Year 2019\2020. Ramallah – Palestine |