Education
Under the British Mandate, the country developed economically and culturally. In 1919 the Jewish community founded a centralised Hebrew school system, and the following year established the Assembly of Representatives, the Jewish National Council and the Histadrut labour federation. The Technion university was founded in 1924, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1925.
Literacy rates in 1932 were 86% for the Jews against 22% for the Palestinian Arabs, but Arab literacy steadily increased. Palestinian Arabs compared favourably to Egypt and Turkey, but unfavourably to Lebanon.
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