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 |
2020/2021 | 2,125 | 1,488 | 637 |
Number of Children in Kindergartens |
2020/2021 | 136,705 | 80,549 | 56,156 | |
Number of Classes |
2020/2021 | 7,110 | 4,515 | 2,595 | |
(1) School Education |
Number of Schools |
2020/2021 | 3,107 | 2,343 | 764 |
Number of Students |
2020/2021 | 1,338,353 | 746,869 | 591,484 | |
Number of Classes |
2020/2021 | 43,984 | 28,955 | 15,029 | |
Average Number of Students Per Class |
2020/2021 | 30.4 | 25.8 | 39.4 | |
Average Number of Students Per Teacher |
2020/2021 | 22.6 | 19.5 | 28.6 | |
Drop out Rate from Schools |
2019/2020 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | |
Repetition Rate of Schools |
2019/2020 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |
(2) Higher Education |
Number of Students in Universities, University Colleges |
2020/2021 | 203,621 | 131,380 | 72,241 |
Number of Graduates in Universities, University Colleges |
2019/2020 | 38,325 | 26,669 | 11,656 | |
Number of Students in Community Colleges |
2020/2021 | 11,144 | 5,540 | 5,604 | |
Number of Graduates in Community Colleges |
2019/2020 | 2,812 | 1,999 | 813 | |
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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, 2021. Data base of education survey for Scholastic Year 2020\2021. Ramallah – Palestine | |||||
Source (2): Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, 2021. Higher education statistical yearbook for Scholastic Year 2020\2021. Ramallah – Palestine |