Number of Students in Schools by Region, Supervising Authority, Stage and Sex, 2017/2018

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Region

Supervising Authority

Grand Total

Basic

Secondary

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Palestine

Total

1253238 620597 632641 1022083 517749 504334 231155 102848 128307

Government

814439 391338 423101 596627 295813 300814 217812 95525 122287

UNRWA

319260 159273 159987 319121 159236 159885 139 37 102

Private

119539 69986 49553 106335 62700 43635 13204 7286 5918

West Bank

Total

711906 349578 362328 576028 290693 285335 135878 58885 76993

Government

561966 271074 290892 437907 218543 219364 124059 52531 71528

UNRWA

48238 19617 28621 48099 19580 28519 139 37 102

Private

101702 58887 42815 90022 52570 37452 11680 6317 5363

Gaza Strip

Total

541332 271019 270313 446055 227056 218999 95277 43963 51314

Government

252473 120264 132209 158720 77270 81450 93753 42994 50759

UNRWA

271022 139656 131366 271022 139656 131366 - - -

Private

17837 11099 6738 16313 10130 6183 1524 969 555

Note: In the scholastic year 2017/2018, the basic stage includes grades from one to 9th while secondary stage includes grades 10th,11th and 12th, based on the new education law issued by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education that consider the tenth grade in secondary stage.
The data do not include the Israeli Municipality and Culture Committee Schools in Jerusalem
(-):Nill.
 Source: Ministry of Education and Higher Education, 2018. Education Statistical Yearbook for Scholastic Year 2017\2018. Ramallah - Palestine