ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the structure of the education sector in East Jerusalem, and provides a detailed description of the different supervising bodies and the conflicts between them. The triad of public education: consumer, government, service provider, is dysfunctional in East Jerusalem. Three systems in East Jerusalem provides education free to Palestinian students: Israeli-controlled municipal schools, Palestinian-controlled Awqaf schools and United Nations controlled United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) schools. The Palestinian Ministry of Education considers Awqaf schools official provider of education in East Jerusalem, and it recognises UNRWA schools and all private schools functioning in Jerusalem, regardless of whether the Israeli government subsidises them. Awqaf schools are run by the Jerusalem Directorate of Education, which is administered by the Palestinian Ministry of Education. The UNRWA was established in 1950 by the UN General Assembly, under Resolution 302. It aims to provide food and shelter for Palestinians who fled or were evacuated as a result of 1948 war with Israel.
