ABSTRACT
This chapter shows how the structure of the education sector, the limited resourcing of the different education systems, and Israel's policies in East Jerusalem affect and influence the lives of the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. It discusses the outcomes of the education system in East Jerusalem, first in terms of Palestinian students' access to higher education, and second in terms of employment opportunities in Jerusalem. Palestinian students' academic achievement levels are low by international standards. Palestinian Jerusalemites face the three major areas of educational exclusion: restricted physical access to schools, a result of lack of enough classrooms and schools; low-quality education, leading to poor achievement levels and high drop-out rates; and a segregated labour market which does not absorb graduates, which frustrates educational motivation. The Palestinian graduates' employment mobility has a very low ceiling in Israel, and even when Palestinians find a job in the Israeli labour market, there are income gaps between the Palestinian worker and the Israeli worker.
