Deputy Education Minister Nabil Abu Hommos told The Associated Press . " If she wants more information about the curriculum we can get it for her ."
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Dressed in freshly pressed uniforms, some students avoided roadblocks by traveling on dirt roads or mountain paths to reach their schools, said Education Minister Naim Abu Hommos.
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It is a difficult operation getting 45, 000 teachers and a million children to class under the circumstances, " said Naim Abu Hommos, Palestinian education minister.
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Hommos, the deputy minister of education, said the immediate priority was reopening schools, many of which had been used by the Israeli army for barracks or temporary detention facilities.
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In front of them stand carts selling soft drinks and " hommos shami, " a drink made of water and boiled chickpeas and spiced with nutmeg, cumin and garlic.
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Naim Abu Hommos, director-general of the Palestinian Authority's education department, said that during the school year, experts would start developing a unified Palestinian curriculum for the West Bank and Gaza.
