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According to MoE data,19 (68.7%) percent of water closets at governmental schools
are aligned to the needs of children with disabilities, Some (60.6%) of schools have
installed ramps for children with disabilities (54.8%) in the West Bank and (86.0%)
in the Gaza Strip). No information is available about the alignment of government
schools to other types of disabilities. These require special alignments either
within school buildings or to access schools themselves, including aligned means
of transportation and classrooms.
More than 11 years ago, the MoE made a decision, stressing the need to align all
new school buildings to the needs of children with disabilities. A legal framework
is already in place for this action. Since 1997, a special programme of inclusive
education has been in place. However, it is still necessary to place a focus on mental
disabilities. A national strategy for inclusive education should be developed. The
MoE will also identify children with disabilities not enrolled in any formal education
system or private rehabilitation institutions.20
In addition to recommendations in previous ICHR annual reports and in the light
of the foregoing presentation on the situation of right to education, the ICHR
recommends that the government increase budget appropriations for the MoE.
The latter will scale up development expenditure line items to help improve the
quality and outputs of the educational process and implement the programmes it
pledged in the MoE Strategic Plan. The MoE continue to provide needed financial
resources to help the MoE to integrate and increase the number of enrolled
students with disabilities in the educational process. School infrastructure should
be aligned and prepared to accommodate and empower students with disabilities
like other students.
2.2.3 Right to work
The ICHR received four complaints on violations of the right to organise. In the Gaza
Strip, the ICHR received 42 complaints involving encroachment on workers’ right
to end of service payment. The ICHR monitored, 10 incidents of death, including
eight in the West Bank and two in the Gaza Strip, in workplaces as a result of failure
to apply occupational health and safety requirements in the work environment.
At the beginning of 2022, the Council of Ministers’ decision on approval of a raise
of the national minimum wage throughout the State of Palestine entered into
force. The decision provided as follows:
The monthly minimum wage is ILS 1,880 throughout the State of Palestine and
across sectors.
The minimum wage of per diem workers particularly those employed on a day-today basis, in addition to seasonal workers is ILS 85.
19 MoE, Yearbook of Educational Statistics, op. cit.
20 PCBS, The Status of the Rights of Palestinian Children 2021, Ramallah, Palestine.
The Status of Human Rights in Palestine