Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 381

the last two years relatively the largest number of new pupils-— 68.7 per cent. The increase of pupils in the Judean colonies amounted to 52.7 per cent., and in Tel-Aviv to 42.7 per cent. Considerable increase is also registered in the Galilean colonies and in the Emek—22.4 per cent. In Jerusalem the number of pupils increased by 19 per cent. The increase in the schools in the Samarian colonies amounts to only 13.5 per cent. The area indicated in the Table by " Other Towns " (Safed, Tiberias, Acre, Hebron) suffered a decrease to the extent of 0.4 per cent. When dividing the country into two main zones, urban and rural, we arrive at the following figures : School Enrolment. Increase as c igainst 5693. Percentage of pupils in 5695. 5693 5695 In absolute figures. Percentage. Towns Colonies and Villages ... 16,437 7,474 22,464 10,324 6,027 2,850 36.6% 38.1% 68.5 % 31.5% Total ... 23,911 37,788 8,877 37.1% 100.0% The increase in the school enrolment in the years 5694 and 5695 is .almost equal in the two main zones—38.1 per cent, in the rural and 36.6 per cent, in the urban. According to the Table, the percentage of pupils receiving instruction in the educational institutions in the towns amounts to about 70 per cent, of all the pupils in the Jewish school system, while the pupils in the rural zone amount to about 30 per cent. 2. The growth according to grade. The increase in the school enrolment was not equal in the various grades of schools, which is seen by the following figures : School Enrolment. Increase as against 5693. 5693 5695 Absolute Increase. Percentage. 1. Kindergarten Schools 2. Elementary Schools 3. Secondary Schools ... 4. Teachers' Seminaries 5. Vocational and Trade Schools ...... 4,877 16,522 1,654 386 472 6,028 23,516 2,163 447 634 1,151 6,994 509 61 162 23.6% 42.3% 30.8% 15.8% 34.3% Total ...... 23,911 32,788 8,877 37.1% First came the elementary schools, which had an increase of 6,994 pupils (42.3 per cent.) during the period under review. The increase in enrolment in the Kindergartens is 1,151 (23.6 per cent); in the secondary schools—509 (30.8 per cent.); and in the vocational and artisan schools—162 (34.3 per cent.). The absolute and relative increase is least in the seminaries for men and women teachers—61 (15.8 per cent.). 38i