for israel as a whole only about of the arab population age and over has attained tertiary education compared to about for the jewish population figure the younger age group of arabs is increasingly better educated but the gap between the arab and jewish population aged remains stark figure if strong measures are not taken to revise this trend and with the global shift towards a more knowledgebased economies in years galilee s labour force will see an influx of young workers who lack the appropriate skills that are needed in the economy while educational outcomes of the arab population are improving they still lag behind those of the jewish population even in the younger cohorts