During the school year 2021/2022, there were about 98,428 students in Jerusalem, enrolled at different school levels (not including kindergartens). About 45,500 of these students go to 146 schools under the Palestinian umbrella (Public Endowments school, private schools, and UNRWA schools). The rest of students go to schools run by the Occupation government. These schools include historic schools that were seized by the occupying forces when they occupied the eastern part of Jerusalem in 1967, rented schools, and a few relatively modern schools. The Occupation exploits the lack of adequate school buildings and imposes the Israeli curriculum in these schools, meanwhile, the majority of Jerusalem students learn the Palestinian curriculum in schools that work within the two umbrellas.
School buildings and classrooms:
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About Us
The Faisal Al Husseini Foundation is a Jerusalemite institution that was established in 2002 to support and develop the Palestinian institutions in general and the education sector in Jerusalem in particular. Its work focuses on developing teaching and learning, based on research and critical thinking, and on providing a safe, stimulating school environment that meets the emotional, educational, and social needs of its students.
Through the years since its establishment and up until now, the Foundation worked with 95 schools in Jerusalem through both infrastructure development and capacity building programs, in addition to emergency programs.
The Foundation developed its educational programs in accordance with the needs of the education sector in Jerusalem. The Foundation based its plans upon studies of the sector that were conducted by the Arab Studies Society/Orient House in the year 2002, the Welfare Association in the years 2005 and 2008, the Presid...
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We - members of the General Assembly of the Faisal Husseini Foundation, its founders, board of directors and employees - a group of Palestinians; some of us knew Faisal Al-Husseini personally and were his friend or co-worker, and some of us had a kinship relationship with Faisal, and some of us did not know him personally and did not meet him. What brings us together, despite the difference in our intersections with Faisal Al-Husseini, is our belief in the human values that he carried: the values of equality, justice and love, and the fight against hatred, revenge and despair[1]. We are also united by our belief in the right to defend our homeland out of love for the homeland and not hatred for anyone. We are united by our reliance on the power of logic rather than the logic of power. We are also united by our pursuit of unitary work[2]. We like Faisal uphold the value of work directed to preserve human existence of the Palestinians in their homeland, through provision of s...
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Mission
The Faisal Husseini Foundation aims to preserve the cultural character of the city of Jerusalem, maintain the Palestinian identity of its residents and develop the services of its institutions.
Goals
To preserve the Palestinian national identity in East Jerusalem and maintain its Palestinian cultural character.
To encourage unity and cooperation within East Jerusalem and help initiate projects that promote social welfare.
To support community development initiatives in East Jerusalem and help alleviate societal difficulties.
To document and publicize the political ideology, struggle and spirit of Faisal Abdalqader Husseini.
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The strategic objectives of the Faisal Husseini Foundation for the years 2021-2025:
1- To develop the quality of education in Jerusalem through the development of education that is based on scientific research, critical thinking and technological capability in a democratic learning environment that promotes Palestinian identity, inclusion and respects pluralism and equality.
2: To contribute to strengthening the Palestinian national identity by documenting and disseminating the aspect of the Palestinian narrative.
3: To contribute to supporting the resilience of the active Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem and enabling them to continue to fulfill their mission.
4: To develop institutional efficiency and financial sustainability of the institution.
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