Palestinian Family Survey 2010 Final Report - Palestinian Central ...

PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Co-educationWith increased participation of youth in the formal education system – and particularly high rates for females – therewill likely be an inevitable increase in co-educational schools, where males and females share classrooms, to accommodatethese students. This can particularly be seen in rural areas where the number of teachers and schools are morelimited – thus requiring joint facilities to help accommodate the students, regardless of sex. There are three types ofschools from perspective of gender in the State of Palestine: boys’ schools (37 percent), girls’ schools (35 percent),and co-educational schools (29 percent) [2]. Findings show that the rate of youth (15-29 years) who would study co-edschools in the State of Palestine is 31 percent; 41 percent in the West Bank and 17 percent in the Gaza Strip. Findingsalso show that the rate of youth 15-29 years old who attend co-ed schools is higher in rural areas (43 percent comparedto urban areas (30 percent) and refugee Camps (22 percent).Figure PY.1: Enrolment rates of youthEnrolment rates of youth in mixed schools by region, State of Palestine, 2010Gender Discrimination by TeachersMore male respondents (42 percent) believe that some teachers treat males and females differently as compared to24 percent of female respondents. Overall, data shows that 78 percent of respondents believe that teachers generallydiscriminate in favor of females. The rate of discrimination in dealing with ales and females by teachers in the State ofPalestine (38 percent) and is comparable to the rate in 2006 (36 percent), with higher discrimination reported in theWest Bank (46 percent) than in the Gaza Strip (7 percent). According to 52 percent of the male youth and 68 percentof female youth respondents, teachers treat both sexes differently.143