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Ms. Limor Livnat
Minister of Education
39 Shivtei Yisrael Street
Jerusalem 91911
Israel
Fax: 972 2 560 2246
972 - 3 965-1769
Dear Minister Livnat:
I am writing to express my deep concern about discrimination against Palestinian Arabs in Israel's public education system and to urge immediate action by the Ministry of Education to equalize educational opportunities for all Israeli children.
I was disturbed to learn that the Israeli government allocates less funding per Palestinian Arab student than per Jewish student. The result of this discrepancy is that Palestinian Arab children attend schools with larger classes and fewer teachers than Jewish children. 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. Some Arab schools lack basic learning facilities like libraries, computers, science laboratories and recreation space. Many Arab communities lack kindergartens for three and four-year-olds. Palestinian Arab children with disabilities and the Bedouin from the Negev Desert are particularly disadvantaged and receive significant less funding and services.
Inferior education severely affects the lives and futures of Palestinian Arab children. They 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.
Israel has a fundamental duty to provide education without discrimination to all of its citizens, including those who are Palestinian Arab. As Minister of Education, I urge you to take immediate action to:
Adopt a written policy of equality that explicitly prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity or gender;
Restructure the Ministry of Educations' resource allocation to fund Jewish and Arab schools on a non-discriminatory basis,
Allocate additional funding to close the gaps between Jewish and Arab education in all areas, including the existence of kindergartens, libraries, recreation and other facilities; the physical condition of schools; special education; vocational education and teacher training.
Include Palestinian Arabs in all aspects of decision-making affecting education policies and resources, including curricula development.
I request that you take all necessary steps to ensure that all children in Israel enjoy the right to education without discrimination.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
Minister of Education
39 Shivtei Yisrael Street
Jerusalem 91911
Israel
Fax: 972 2 560 2246
972 - 3 965-1769
Dear Minister Livnat:
I am writing to express my deep concern about discrimination against Palestinian Arabs in Israel's public education system and to urge immediate action by the Ministry of Education to equalize educational opportunities for all Israeli children.
I was disturbed to learn that the Israeli government allocates less funding per Palestinian Arab student than per Jewish student. The result of this discrepancy is that Palestinian Arab children attend schools with larger classes and fewer teachers than Jewish children. 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. Some Arab schools lack basic learning facilities like libraries, computers, science laboratories and recreation space. Many Arab communities lack kindergartens for three and four-year-olds. Palestinian Arab children with disabilities and the Bedouin from the Negev Desert are particularly disadvantaged and receive significant less funding and services.
Inferior education severely affects the lives and futures of Palestinian Arab children. They 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.
Israel has a fundamental duty to provide education without discrimination to all of its citizens, including those who are Palestinian Arab. As Minister of Education, I urge you to take immediate action to:
Adopt a written policy of equality that explicitly prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity or gender;
Restructure the Ministry of Educations' resource allocation to fund Jewish and Arab schools on a non-discriminatory basis,
Allocate additional funding to close the gaps between Jewish and Arab education in all areas, including the existence of kindergartens, libraries, recreation and other facilities; the physical condition of schools; special education; vocational education and teacher training.
Include Palestinian Arabs in all aspects of decision-making affecting education policies and resources, including curricula development.
I request that you take all necessary steps to ensure that all children in Israel enjoy the right to education without discrimination.
Thank you very much for your consideration.
Sincerely yours,
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