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

PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Continuing Education and Improving Teaching MethodsThe findings of the Palestinian Family Survey 2010 show that a number of factors hinder the youth’s determination tocontinue education in the State of PalestineTable PY.5: Barriers to Continuing EducationPercentage of youth experieincing barriers to continuing education by type of barrier, region and sex,State of Palestine, 2010Barriers to Education West Bank Gaza Strip Males Females State of PalestineHigh education costs 83.0 72.9 74.0 83.4 78.9Poverty 88.9 82.5 85.3 87.3 86.4Need to work 88.0 76.4 82.1 84.5 83.4Distance to educational institutions 44.5 37.1 42.2 40.9 41.6Bad treatment of teachers 54.8 41.5 48.6 50.4 49.5Bad treatment of students 48.1 39.6 44.2 45.1 44.7Low grades 71.5 48.4 61.2 63.3 62.3Families do not value education 58.2 51.5 45.8 64.4 55.5Lack of capacity of students 71.4 61.4 63.4 71.3 67.4Number of Youth age 15-29 years 2,692 1,651 2,218 2,125 4,343The results indicate a consensus in the views of both males and females that the major challenges the youth face to finishtheir education in the State of Palestine are poverty with 86 percent, followed by the need to work with 83 percent,and expensive fees of higher education with 79 percent.Improving Teaching MethodsAll nations must continuously assess their educational systems to ensure that techniques and materials are adequatefor preparing their students for the 21 st century workplace.Table PY.6: Improving teaching methodsPercentage of youth by their point of view to improving the educational methods, age and region,State of Palestine, 2010Improving Education MethodsAge GroupRegion15-19 20-24 25-29 West Bank Gaza StripState of PalestineIncrease student participation in classes 97.2 96.7 94.1 95.7 98.8 96.9More attention in practical and appliedaspects of education93.7 99.1 100.0 94.0 97.2 95.3Rely on creativity and critical thinkingmore than memorization88.7 94.1 88.4 86.4 95.5 90.0Improve textbook contents 85.8 92.4 92.9 85.2 91.6 87.7Improve teaching tools 89.2 93.4 91.8 88.7 92.7 90.3Use modern information 90.9 94.3 96.5 91.0 93.4 92.0Increase use of computer in education 90.3 92.8 91.9 89.2 93.4 90.9Increase interest in foreign languages 67.8 75.7 77.9 67.8 73.7 70.1Prohibit beating in schools 87.8 85.2 81.2 83.5 92.0 86.9Respect the students 97.4 97.2 100.0 97.1 98.2 97.5Number of Youth age 15-29 years 1,828 1,439 1,076 2,692 1,651 4,343Table PY.6 shows that the youth in the State of Palestine indicated that respect of the student is a major factor forimproving educational methods with an overall percentage of 98 percent. The next important factor is to increase thestudents’ participation in class which was mentioned by 97 percent of youth, followed by the need to pay more attentionto practical applications which was endorsed by 95 percent of the youth. No significant differentials were noted onthe geographic area level or the student’s age.145