Israel lures East Jerusalem schools to abandon Palestinian syllabus
Palestinian school children walk to school in the Ras Khamis neighbourhood of east Jerusalem. TAW
Jerusalem – The Israeli Ministry of Education is offering millions of dollars to underfunded East Jerusalem schools to abandon the Palestinian Authority’s approved curriculum and switch to an Israeli syllabus.
The ministry in January said it would give more than $5 million to schools that teach the Israeli curriculum instead of the Palestinian Authority (PA) teaching plan. The extra funding will not be extended to schools using the PA curriculum, although the money is from a general budget meant to serve all East Jerusalem students regardless of what they study.
The Palestinian Authority described the plan, first reported by the Israeli daily Haaretz, as an outrage. Palestinian parents said it was a violation of students’ human rights and an attempt to create a future Palestinian generation with a “Zionist mind”.
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