Background

Education in Nablus has been affected a great deal during the past three years as a result of the Israeli aggressive policy launched on September 28th of 2000 and which still continues. Sieges and incursions have had the worst effect on education and on people both physically and psychologically. Many children were arrested and humiliated by Israeli soldiers at checkpoints throughout Palestine. Students were killed, injured and intimidated on their way to and in, school; many suffered psychologically, with detrimental effects on their school performance and their future.

 Since September 2000 till July 2003

  • 386 students have been killed.

  • 2990 Wounded.

  • Schools were invaded 282 times.

  • 850 Schools were forced to suspend classes.

  • 312 students were detained.

  • 9 schools were closed by military orders.

  • Bulldozers destroyed 37 school walls.

  • 39 schools were occupied and used as military camps.

  • Parts of 48 schools were destroyed.

   The Israeli occupation has damaged the infrastructure of the educational process in Palestine in many ways:

  498 schools have been disrupted and closed because of curfews, sieges and districts closures since the beginning of the scholastic year 2002-2003.   1289 schools have been closed since the beginning of the Intifada.

     

 

282 school buildings have been damaged by rockets and tank shelling since the outbreak of the Intifada.

·        9 schools are still closed, of which three in Hebron have been turned into military bases - Usama Ibn-Al-Munqith, Banat Joher and Al-Ma’aref. 

     

 Worst hit is the Nablus district, which continues to suffer from tight and strict curfews and closures. Almost 500 teachers have been unable to reach their schools in the district. 

The Israeli violations and aggressions have affected the implementation of many educational projects and programs.