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The United Nations' Care for the Palestine Refugees, Middle East
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The United Nations' Care for the Palestine Refugees, Middle East

By the end of 1956, UNRWA operated 347 elementary and secondary schools, under UNESCO supervision. There were 2,954 teachers and 102,853 pupils (95,847 elementary, 7,006 secondary); in addition 420 students were in vocational training, and 350 university scholarship had been granted to refugees for the 1957-58 scholastic year.

Shown here are children in an elementary school. May 1957,
01 May 1957
Photo # 131919
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