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Second Class - Discrimination Against Palestinian Arab Children in Israel's Schools (Paperback)
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Second Class - Discrimination Against Palestinian Arab Children in Israel's Schools (Paperback)
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Based on Human Rights Watch investigations at twenty-six Arab and
Jewish schools and on nationwide statistics compiled by the Israeli
government. Nearly one-quarter of Israel's 1.6 million
schoolchildren are Palestinian Arab citizens and are educated in
schools run by the Israeli government, but operated separately from
those of the Jewish majority. "Government-run Arab schools are a
world apart from government-run Jewish schools," said Zama
Coursen-Neff, counsel to the Children's Rights Division of Human
Rights Watch. "In virtually every respect, Palestinian Arab
children get an education inferior to that of Jewish children, and
their relatively poor performance in school reflects this."
Palestinian Arab children drop out of school at three times the
rate of Jewish children and are less likely to pass the national
matriculation exams for a high school diploma. Only a handful make
it to university. Among Palestinian Arabs, the Bedouin from the
Negev Desert fare the worst in every respect. "Discrimination is
cumulative, and at each level, more Palestinian Arab children are
winnowed out," Coursen-Neff said. The report found striking
differences in virtually every aspect of the education system. The
Education Ministry does not allocate as much money per head for
Palestinian Arab children as it does for Jewish children. Their
classes are 20 percent larger on average. They get far fewer
enrichment and remedial programs - even though they need them more
- in part because the Ministry uses a different scale to assess
need for Jewish children. Their school buildings are in worse
condition, and many communities lack kindergartens for three and
four-year-olds. Palestinian Arab schoolchildren do not have the
same access to counseling and vocational programs. One of the
largest gaps is in special education, where disabled Palestinian
Arab children get less funding and fewer services, have limited
access to special schools, and lack appropriate curricula. Arabic
is an official language and the language of instruction in Israel's
Arab schools. Nevertheless, the government devotes inadequate
resources toward developing Arabic curricula in general, and
Palestinian Arab teachers have far fewer textbooks and teaching
materials at their disposal than their Jewish counterparts. Some of
the content, especially the mandatory study of Jewish religious
texts, alienates students and teachers alike. "The government has
admitted that it spends more per Jewish child, but it hasn't
changed its policies," said Coursen-Neff. "The children who need
the most - Palestinian Arab and, especially, Negev Bedouin - are
getting the least." Last fall the government promised extra money
for Arab education. Human Rights Watch called on the Israeli
government to immediately end discrimination: The Ministry of
Education should adopt a written policy of equality that explicitly
prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity,
or gender. The ministry should immediately begin distributing all
funding and programs to schools on a non-discriminatory basis and
allocate additional funding to close the gaps between Jewish and
Arab education. The Knesset should amend the education laws to
prohibit discrimination by the national government. The government
should measurably improve Palestinian Arab citizens' participation
in all aspects of decision-making about education policies and
resources.
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