Talitha Kumi - German Evangelical Lutheran School ( ar, طاليثا قومي), Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672
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(West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 35/51. is a German international school in

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, in the

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. The school, located in proximity to

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and from

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,Home
" Talitha Kumi School. Retrieved on June 6, 2015. "The Educational Centre of Talitha Kumi is located in Beit Jala close to Bethlehem. ..en kilometers south of Jerusalem, Talitha Kumi .. serves Kindergarten, and primary school through senior high school level. Students may obtain the

Tawjihi Tawjihi or Al-Tawjeehi (امتحان شهادة الدراسة الثانوية العامة) is the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination in Jordan and Palestine. It is the last stage of school education. To sit for the exam, studen ...

and/or the (DIAP).School Program
" Talitha Kumi School. Retrieved on June 6, 2015. The

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operates the school.Talitha Kumi Evangelical Lutheran School in Beit Jala
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. Retrieved on June 6, 2015. The name "Talitha Kumi" originates from

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words which mean "Get up, girl!" or "Little girl, I tell you to get up," a phrase stated by

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when he resurrected

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's daughter. As of 2015 Rolf Lindemann is the principal of Talitha Kumi. The Talitha Kumi Community College is a post-secondary

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for hotel management operated by Talitha Kumi.

History

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established a home for Arab girls in Jerusalem, then in the

Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem The Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem ( ota, مُتَصَرِّف قدسی مُتَصَرِّفلغ, ; ar, متصرفية القدس الشريف, ), also known as the Sanjak of Jerusalem, was an Ottoman district with special administrative status e ...

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, in 1851. In 1858 there were 32 students, including Jews, Arabs, and

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. The school received the name "Talitha Kumi" in 1868, when it received a new building and had 89 students. The seminary and deaconess schools opened in 1905.

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caused a temporary closure; there were 140 students and eleven deaconess teachers in 1914, right as the closure occurred. Up until 1918 the British authorities held the women in Egypt. The school's area became a part of the

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. The school reopened in 1926, one year after the British authorities gave the school back to the original owners. In 1949, operations in Jerusalem ended; this was because the original location was on the Israeli side the border after the

Israeli Declaration of Independence The Israeli Declaration of Independence, formally the Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel ( he, הכרזה על הקמת מדינת ישראל), was proclaimed on 14 May 1948 ( 5 Iyar 5708) by David Ben-Gurion, the Executive ...

. The post-Israel Talitha Kumi originally operated in Jordanian-controlled territory. The school opened in its current location in Beit Jala in 1961. At the time Beit Jala was a part of Jordan. Israel captured the West Bank from Jordan in the 1967

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...

. Beit Jala went to Palestinian control after 1993.

Curriculum

The elementary school program uses the Palestinian curriculum.Education and Qualifications
." Talitha Kumi School. Retrieved on June 6, 2015. In Kindergarten students begin learning English. In the second grade they begin learning German. For secondary school students may choose between a Tawjihi programme and an international programme in which 50% of all classes are taught in German, leading to the DIAP.

Student body

As of a period before 2015 the school had almost 830 students, with 62% being Christian and 38% being Muslim. The student body is 50% female and 50% male. About 90% of the students live in the

and the remaining 10% live in

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and other Palestinian enclaves. As of 2015 the percentage of Muslim students is increasing because many Christians are leaving Palestine and due to other demographic changes.Students and Teachers
." Talitha Kumi School. Retrieved on June 6, 2015. The school had 865 students, 59% Christian and 41% Muslim, during the 2011-2012 school year: the gender balance was 52% girls and 48% boys. As of circa 2009 many students were impeded from getting to school due to difficulty in going to and from their home villages. The school previously admitted students from the

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, but the school no longer admitted them once Israel instituted closure policies in the mid-1990s that prevented students temporarily in Gaza from returning to school and vice versa.Loewenstein, Andy. ''My Israel Question: Reframing The Israel/Palestine Conflict''. Melbourne Univ. Publishing, Sep 1, 2009. p
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(Google Books): "We traveled to a German school on the outskirts of Beit Jala. ..here is a dormitory for boys, though they stopped accepting girls from Gaza in the mid-1990s because of Israel's closure policies. Girls were often unable to visit Gaza or return to school after a visit."

Teaching staff

As of 2015 Palestinians make up almost every member of the teaching staff.

Facilities

The school is located on a property.Guest House
" Talitha Kumi School. Retrieved on June 6, 2015. There is a boarding facility for female students. As of 2015, there are 18 female students who board. As of 2009 the school had a dormitory for boys. The school offers a

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for tourists in Palestine. The pre-1949 campus in Jerusalem was on King George Street. Yunan, Munib. ''Witnessing for Peace: In Jerusalem and the World''.

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, 2003. p
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References

External links

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