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CENTER FOR APPLIED RESEARCH IN EDUCATION (CARE)

PO Box 17421
Jerusalem, Via Israel
Tel./Fax 00 972 2 957161

Director

Mr. Ghassan Abdullah

Type of Organization:

Voluntary; non-profit; community outreach; resource; production; research.

Description:

Founded in 1990, CARE provides teachers from all school sectors with the means to reach their educational and social goals and thus to improve school education and teaching quality. The various units of the Center disseminate educational information through lectures and other media sources, facilitate networking, communication and exchange, between educators, intellectuals and academics both nationally and internationally, through meetings and workshops; produce educational visual aids for teachers and students; and research aspects of Palestinian education, results of which are published. CARE activities also include a mobile library for children in the Ramallah district, a small resource library for teachers, a workshop for parents' councils, and an educational campaign on the Convention of the Child's Human Rights. CARE has held teacher training workshops on aspects of democracy, the Palestinian educational system, spelling problems in Arabic, school administration, the Tawjihi exam and non-violence education.

Administrative Structure:

Founding Committee; Administrative Committee, elected by the teachers of CARE; Consulting Committee of educators and journalists; and Field Work Committee of teachers.

Publications:


Elaine Clark

Educational Network, POB 66, Ramallah, West Bank

tel: 02 995 6230/fax: 02 995 6231 e-mail: eclark@ednet.birzeit.edu