Palestine

2009 Intel ISEF Ed Academy

الفلسطينية الوطنية السلطةPalestinian National Authority

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Introductions– Sabri Saidam– Palestinian President’s Advisor on Telecom, IT &Tech. Education– Role

• Help develop the ICT and Tech. Education in oPT• Advise the Palestinian President on ways to back

and support knowledge development• Nurture innovational ideas and creativity in science

and technology• Establish networks with local and international

partners• Encourage relevant policies and legislations

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Introductions- Amjad Al-Masri- Director of Information Technology Department- Ministry of Education and HigherEducation- E-mail : almasri_a@yahoo.com- Role :

• Apply E-Learning in Palestine schools.• Develop School Learning Environment .• Pedagogical use of ICT in Education .• Improve ICT infrastructure

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Introductions- Shereen Husseini

- Science Program Manager- Al Nayzak For Extracurricular

Education & Scientific Innovation-

Jerusalem

- E-mail : shereen@alnayzak.org

- Role :Developing and implementing science programs and projects

such as :

- Palestinian Young Researcher Conference and Competition- Made In Palestine ( youth Innovations & Inventions)- Teacher Rehabilitation program- Scientific Theater

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Educational Environmentin Palestine

Supervision Schools Students Teachers

Government 1,833 766,730 38,134

UNRWA 309 253,116 9,279

Private 288 78,111 5,404

Total 2,430 1,097,957 52,817

• Centralized governmental educational system supported by a chain of private schools and schools run by the UN Refugees and Works Agency (UNRWA)

• West Bank and Gaza Population of 4,091,314

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Educational Environment• Students study for 12 years to graduate from

high schools.• High school (after 10th grade) has three

disciplines: science, literature or vocational. Only one discipline is pursued

• The General Secondary Certificate is considered a main requirement to join University education.

• Math: officially taught at 1st grade onwards• Science: Officially taught at 1st grade

onwards.

Educational Environment

• Ministry of Education Policies :- Education for all .- Gender equality- Poverty reduction .- Focus on quality education.- Improve science and technology study. - Improve partnership.- Decentralization and restructuring of MoEHE DGs.

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Science Fairs– Science fairs are organized at the end of the school year at

district level. And two/three science fairs are nationally held per annum.

– Many science fairs are held in individual schools in the West Bank and Gaza where school teachers and students run and manage such fairs.

– The local community and institutions are invited to visit those fairs

– Fairs cover: IT, control systems, environmental and scientific solutions, physics and chemistry.

– The three biggest obstacles :

– Financial issues– Consultancy matters needed for capacity building– Current unstable political situation.