text: Ibrahim ElZaben,well-to-do Palestinians livinginSaudiArabiaandwhodonated fUndslastyearfortheconstruction ofa20-room schoolbuilding atBaqa'aCamp, completed inJune1985,haveentered intoagreement with.UNRWA tomakeafurther donation fortheconstruction ofa30-room schoolbuilding atthesamecamp. Moreover, theAgencyhascompleted theconstruction oftwonewschoOlbuildings at NorthRusseifeh andonenewschoolbuilding atSweileh whichwillreplace unsuitable, rentedschoolpremises. TwoschoolbUidings werebuiltatMarkaCamp toreplace unserviceable, prefabricated schools. Inaddition, UNRWAhas constructed 13multi-purpose rooms,fourscience laboratories andthreelibraries asannexes toexisting schoolbuildings, toprovide bettereducational facilities. Thispastyearhasseenasubstantial strengthening oftherelations between the localcommunity andAgencyschools. Thiswasreflected inthepartjcipationofthe localcommunity inthevarious self-help programmes atschools, byparents' councils andinthediscipline shownbythepupilsintheprotection oftheir schools. Thetotalnumberoftextbooks prescribed foruseinJordanis143,of which106havebeenapproved byUNESCO. -8-!dthe lastal he hewake early rity ion. 1of ewasa of ovement Out 318 schools !\gency JNESCO. ,earon 51,713 )ls, ~chools lsted ~o :of as .reeb Ir .984 .nthe 3,817 :s ted amp, her gsat Camp ['ies ties. the )fthe )f53.IntheWestBank,Agencyschools resumed operations onschedule on 11September. Throughout theyeartheschools onthewholeoperated normally with onlyscattered localized interruptions. Twenty-three sch001s hadoperations disr,upted forthreedaysinNovember because ofageneral strikecall. Asaresult ofapattern ofincreased stone-throwing incidents, whichcausedinjuries, Israeli military authorities closedtheKalandia CampPreparatory BoysSchoolforonemonth beginning on19March1985.Enrolment intheWestBanktotalled 39,939pupils, in 770elementary and346preparatory classsections served by1,297teachers. There wasdoubleshifting at49schools with565classsections and20,986pupils, 52percentoftheWestBankstudent body. TwOnewschoolsatDourawerecompleted duringtheyear. Twoscience laboratories, onelibrary, fourmUlti-purpose rooms, twoworkshops, andtwolatrines werealsocompleted, allwithAgencyfunds. Land leaseagreements havebeensignedandfundsmadeavailable fromtheAGFUNDforthe construction oftwonewschools (seepara.68).The143textbooks prescribed by theJordanian Government foruseinJordanwerealsotheprescribed textbooks for theWestBank. Ofthe106approved byUNESCO, theIsraeli authorities refused importpermits fornine. 54.IntheGazaStrip, theAgencyschools started operations on2September 1984. Operation wasnormalwithonlysomescattered minordisturbances. Enrolment totalled 83,977pupilsin145schools, comprising 1,355elementary and477 preparatory classsections withateaching forceof2,280. Therewasdouble shifting in93schools involving 1,167classsections with53,750pupils. Toavoid tripleshifting, 24classrooms werebuilt;threeclassrooms werebuilttoreplace unsafeones;andsevennewschooltoiletblockswerebuilttoreplace existing dilapidated andunhygienic units. Tenschools wereroughcastandpainted, and 24schoolcesspits werereplaced. Withsomefinancial helpfromthelocal community, atotalof179school roomswerere-roofed withsteelsheetstoreplace broken andcracked tiledroofs,while363school roomsweLefittedwithfalse ceilings undergableroofs. Thismuch-needed worktoimprove existing schools was largely funded fromthespecial Canadian contribution. Thetotalnumberof textbooks prescribed bytheEgyptian Ministry ofEducation was124;oftheseUNESCO hasapproved 76,ofwhichtheIsraeli authorities havepermitted theimportof65 anddisallowed theimportof11. 55.Ofsome4,350registered refugees stranded ontheEgyptian sideofthe international borderfollowing Israeli withdrawal fromSinaiinApril1982,atotal of).,232al'eofelementary andpreparatory schoolage.(Theseareincluded inthe Gazaschoolpopulation figurecitedinpara.83.) Asatemporary measure untilthe situation oftheserefugees isresolved, morethan40Agencyteachers, whoarealso stranded, areproviding schooling forthesechildren inaGovernment school
analysis: The text appears to be a report on the activities and achievements of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the fields of education and humanitarian aid. The report highlights the construction of new schools, the provision of educational facilities, and the education of refugee children. The text also mentions the challenges faced by UNRWA in operating schools in areas with conflict and restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities.