The Palestine Department of Education has issued its annual report for 1926-1927, presenting a survey and giving statistical data regarding the position of education in Palestine. According to the report, the personnel of the Department comprises 741 members, including eight Britishers, 511 Moslems, 211 Christians, five Jews, one Druze and five Bahais. The total number of Government schools is 315, and there are 20,079 pupils. The pupils are divided as follows: 17,594 Moslems, 23 Jews, 2,153 Christians, 289 Druzes and 20 Bahais. In ?20 there were in Palestine 171 Government schools with 10,662 pupils.
The number of non-Government schools is 520 and the number of pupils is 46,841, divided as follows: Moslems, 6,343, Jews 27,017, Christians 13,414, Druzes 24, Bahais 35.
In the Christian Missionary Schools there are 9,969 pupils in all. Out of these 57 pupils attend American schools, 1,871 British, 4,701 French, 1,415 German, 1,254 Italian, and 107 Swedish schools. There are 1,637 Moslems and 520 Jews among the pupils of the Missionary schools. Nine Moslems and eight Christians attend Zionist schools.
Isidore Feibleman, of Indianapolis, was elected President of District Grand Lodge No. 2 at the 76th annual convention of the Independent Order of B’nai Brith held at Columbus, O.
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