UNRWA/UNESCO Education Programme

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March 2011 — The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and UNESCO collaborate in providing basic education and training for half a million Palestinian refugee children in five different fields of operation, cooperating with four ministries of education. In 2010, the Schools of Excellence Programme in Gaza continued to provide focused and intensive support in schools where pupil performance has been weakened due to prolonged disruption of the education process. As a result, academic achievements in mathematics and Arabic remained consistent in 2010, demonstrating a strong consolidation of gains made in the last two years in these foundational subjects.

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