Bethlehem

==Education==
[[File:Bethlehem Banksy.jpg|thumb|[[Banksy]] mural in Bethlehem]]

According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS), in 1997, approximately 84% of Bethlehem's population over the age of 10 was literate. Of the city's population, 10,414 were enrolled in schools (4,015 in [[primary education|primary school]], 3,578 in secondary and 2,821 in high school). About 14.1% of high school students received diplomas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/bet_t3.aspx |title=Palestinian Population (10 Years and Over) by Locality, Sex and Educational Attainment |access-date=January 22, 2008 |publisher=[[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113214724/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/bet_t3.aspx |archive-date=November 13, 2010}}</ref> There were 135 schools in the [[Bethlehem Governorate]] in 2006; 100 run the [[Education Minister of the Palestinian National Authority|Education Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority]], seven by the [[UNRWA|United Nations Relief and Works Agency]] (UNRWA) and 28 were private.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mohe.gov.ps/downloads/pdffiles/statisticE.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014122612/http://www.mohe.gov.ps/downloads/pdffiles/statisticE.pdf |archive-date=October 14, 2006 |title=Statistics about General Education in Palestine 2005–2006 |publisher=[[Education Minister of the Palestinian National Authority]] |access-date=January 22, 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Bethlehem University main building.jpeg|thumb|[[Bethlehem University]] main building]]
Bethlehem is home to [[Bethlehem University]], a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] Christian co-educational institution of higher learning founded in 1973 in the Lasallian tradition, open to students of all faiths. Bethlehem University is the first university established in the West Bank, and can trace its roots to 1893 when the [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|De La Salle Christian Brothers]] opened schools throughout Palestine and Egypt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bethlehem.edu/about/mission-history |title=Mission and History |publisher=[[Bethlehem University]]|access-date=November 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207235951/http://bethlehem.edu/about/mission-history|archive-date=February 7, 2014}}</ref>