PALESTINIAN OFFICIAL WARNS OF ISRAEL'S MANIPULATION OF SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Al-Quds (Jerussalem), 19 Shawwal 1434/25 August 2013 (MINA) – Head of Directorate of Education in Jerusalem Samir Jibril warned of Israel’s attempts to manipulate the Palestinian curriculum.

Jibril said in a press statement that “we wish our Palestinian students in Jerusalem an academic year full of hard work and success, and we hope that every student could find a seat to study in light of the acute shortage of classrooms due to occupation policies aimed at undermining education in the holy city.”

Jibril’s comments came after a tour of New Generation School opened this year in Beit Hanina neighborhood to accommodate more students from Jerusalem, among other schools in the city, Alray, Palestinian Media Agency quoted by Mi’raj News Agency (MINA).

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He explained that the occupation authorities neither serve Palestinian citizens Jerusalem with permits to build new schools, nor offer education services to the Palestinians under occupation in Jerusalem.

Jibril strongly denounced that 5 schools in Jerusalem started to teach Israeli curriculum in some classes, calling on Palestinian families not to be dragged behind the illusions that schools that apply the Israeli curriculum are more offer sophisticated service or pave the way for a prosperous future for their children.

He pointed out that these schools have a grave impact on the students’ sense of national belonging and identity, stressing that the recourse to the Israeli curriculum is contrary to all international laws that give the people under occupation the right to keep to their cultural links and educational systems. (T/P02/E1)

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Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)