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Israeli students receive 10 times higher funding than Arabs

January 28, 2015 at 12:33 pm

Israeli authorities used details of students’ religious and ethnic backgrounds to decide how much funding each pupil would receive, a report by Child Safety Council has said.

14,500 shekels (£3,675) annual budget given to an Israeli student

1,500 shekels ($380) annual budget given to an Arab student

The findings of the report were published by Arab48 yesterday. The report showed that the budget of a Jewish Israeli student reaches 14,500 shekels per year ($3,675), while the budget of an Arab Israeli student is only 1,500 shekels per year ($380).

In addition to official school classes, Israeli students have access to a number of extracurricular activities such as enrichment lessons, preparations for exams, etc. while Arab students are unable to access these.

According to the report, which was issued by an Israeli organisation, some essential education programmes are cancelled for Arab students.