Discrimination in Education Against the Arabs in Israel (ص 9)
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- Discrimination in Education Against the Arabs in Israel (ص 9)
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14 years numbered 81,315, and constituted 28.4 per-
cent of the total Arab population of the country, whereas
Jewish children of the same age-group, who numbered
501,855, constituted 22.4 percent of the total Jewish
population. Arab children of compulsory education age,
then, represented 14 percent of all children of compulsory
education age in the Israeli-occupied territories of Pales-
tine.
3. At the same time, Arab children attending state-
run primary schools during the school-year 1964/1965
numbered 46,230, while Jewish pupils numbered
413,353.) In other words, whereas Arab children of
compulsory education age constituted 14 percent of the
total number of children of that age, Arab pupils at state-
1) The Compulsory Education Law defines a “child” as “a person
below the age of 14 years”, and “elementary education” as
“generally designed for children of the ages from 5 to 13
years inclusive” (Section 1). But the population statistics in
SAI provide no information on age-groups on a year-by-year
basis, except for the first four years of life; from the fifth
year onwards, the relevant information is provided with
respect to age-groups 5 to 9 years, 10 to 14 years, 15 to 19
years, etc. For comparisons of the educational opportunities
open to children and adolescents of the Arab and the Jewish
communities, we have therefore taken as our standards
the numbers of children aged 5 to 14 years (for primary
education) and adolescents aged 15 to 19 years (for post-
primary education).
2) Based on SAI: B/16, p. 41.
3) Based on SAI: B/15, p. 40.
4) Based on SAI: T/3 and Tilu, pp. 575 and 581 respectively. - تاريخ
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