Schools in Silwan
There are 7 primary and junior high schools in Silwan. They suffer from crowdedness due to lack of classrooms, safety hazards, improvised classrooms in basements, shelters, passageways and trailers, and absence of sports facilities, computer rooms, libraries and laboratories.
Numbers
Because of insufficient space, some schools have to rent rooms in private buildings in order to accommodate all students. These buildings are sometimes far away from the central building, preventing healthy social interaction between students. The average of students per classroom in Jewish schools in Israel stands around 25. In Silwan it is almost 35.
| School | Students | Teachers | Classrooms | Rented Classrooms |
Avg. Students per Classroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silwan Boys Junior High |
710 | 40 | 19 | 0 | 37.4 |
| Silwan Girls Junior High |
1069 | 75 | 27 | 5 | 33.4 |
| Primary Boys | 713 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Primary Girls | 552 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 34.5 |
| New Primary | 600 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 28.6 |
| Mixed Primary | 750 | 42 | 21 | 0 | 35.7 |
| Al-Haya Primary & Junior High |
312 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 34.7 |
| TOTAL | 4706 | 230 | 86 | 53 | 34.5 |
Supplemental Facilities/Classes
The following table illustrates the shameful situation in which significant educational facilities almost do not exist in Silwan.
| School | Special Education | Libraries | Computer Rooms | Labs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silwan Boys Junior High |
None | None | None | 1 in a passageway |
| Silwan Girls Junior High |
1 in the basement |
1 in the basement |
1 in the basement |
None |
| Primary Boys | 1 | None | None | None |
| Primary Girls | 1 | None | None | None |
| New Primary | 1 | None | None | Tools exist, but no space |
| Mixed Primary | 2 | 1 in the basement |
1 | None |
| Al-Haya Primary & Junior High |
None | None | None | None |
| TOTAL | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Locations of Makeshift Classrooms
This table shows the locations of classrooms which pose sanitary hazards due to lack of ventilation and sunlight.
| School | Shelters | Storage Rooms | Passageways | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silwan Boys Junior High |
3 (100 students) |
2 (60 Students) |
None | None |
| Silwan Girls Junior High |
1 (35 students) |
1 (35 students) |
3 | None |
| Primary Boys | None | None | None | 3 in balconies (60 children) |
| Primary Girls | None | None | 2 | None |
| New Primary | None | None | 1 | 7 in trailers (290 Students) |
| Mixed Primary | 1 (15 children) |
None | 1 | None |
| Al-Haya Primary & Junior High |
None | None | None | None |
| TOTAL | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
 A classroom in a shelter, Silwan Boys Junior High |
 A classroom in a passageway, Primary Girls |
Preschools in Silwan
There are 9 preschools in Silwan. They all encounter various problems such as old and hazardous furniture, filthy courtyards, lack of space, crowdedness, and lack of educational games and facilities.
| Preschool | Children |
|---|---|
| Silwan Bir-Ayoub 1 | 25 |
| Silwan Bir-Ayoub 2 | 23 |
| Silwan Ras El-Amud 1 | 30 |
| Silwan Ras El-Amud 2 | 30 |
| Silwan Ras El-Amud 3 | 24 |
| Silwan Ras El-Amud 4 | 25 |
| Silwan Ras El-Amud 5 | 25 |
| Silwan Ein-Aluza | 46 |
| Ras El-Amud | 95 |
| TOTAL | 323 |
 Courtyard of a preschool |
 Broken furniture in a preschool |