istance has risen steeply since October 2000; as of June 2001 over 74,200 households have lost completely all their income and over 75% of the refugee population was thought to have fallen bellow the poverty line. This is another blow to the education system because the priorities of the individuals have shifted from educational issues to survival issues.
             Table 1: NON- SALARY OPERATING COSTS FOR SCHOOLS, 2001
             Budget Category Actual Expenditures 2000 Original 2001 Budget Allocation Spending Plan Allocation (6 months) Funds Received from MOF as of August 31, 2001
             (Official travel, rents, water, electricity, stationary, maintenance)
             What we learn from this table is that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) was unable to provide the Ministry of Education (MOE) with more than US$ 110,000 between October 2000 and August 2001 because of the occupation of the west bank and Gaza.
             The Ministry of Education was forced to work without any provision for operating costs, and this has required the suspension of many (Non-Essential) prog
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