I,the emp isn 67. "qual "thro aids lear 68. over were Japa r a 72. (98 UNRWA consu deman diff:i......_,......'"-.-,,....,..".,...,.-~ ._::c~-=-===-._". '~:c.'.·=.·.·cc=-,·-·"-==:::-...::=.:::=,• theJor~anian Comprehensive Examination left the~technically unqualified for employment asteachers. Thisaccounts forthepercentage employed beinglowerthan isnormally the case. 67.TheEducation Development C@~tres continued theirefforts toupgrade teachers' qualifications, inco-operation ~'iththeInstitute ofEducation. Theydothis through in-service training courses andbyenriching thecurriculum withteaching aidsandsupplementary materials topromote avariety ofapproaches toteaching and learning. 68.Nineteen seniorPalestinian staff memb~rs wereawarded fellowships for overseas studyaimedatimproving theirp:ofessional competence. Ofthese,nine wereawarded byUNESCO, twobyUNRWA,onebytheAustralian Government, fivebythe Japanese Government, andtwobyvoluntary organizations. 4.University scholarships 69.Duringtheacademic year1984/85, UNRWAawarded 353scholarships toPalestine refugees forstudyatArabuniversities, 271oftheawardswerecontinuing scholarships and82werenew.ThelmRWAscholarships, partlyfunded fromspecial contributions, areawarded foroneyear,butarerenewable fromyeartoyearfor theduration ofthecourseofstudy,provided thestudent passestheend-of-year university examinations andispromoted tothenextstageofhiscourse (see annexI,table5). 70.Initsresolution 39/99Dof14December 1984,theGeneral Assembly appealed, interalia,toallMemberStatesandUnitedNations organizations tomakespecial allocations, scholarships andgrantstoPalestine refugees andrequested UNRWAto receive, holdintrustandawardthemtoqualified Palestine refugee candidates. TheSecretary-General describes theresponse indetailinhisreporttotheGeneral Assembly (A/39/375). C.Healthservices 1.Curative medical care 71.Curative medical, dentaland'rehabilitation services continued tobeprovided freebyUNRWAtoeligible Palestine refugees andtolocally-recruited staffmembers andtheirdependants whoarenotinAgency-sPonsored insurance schemes. Someof therefugee population hasaccesstogrouphealthinsurance schemes.and others, who canaffordpayment forsomeoftheseservices, maketheirown arr~ngements. Out-patient medical careservices wereprovided in124healthcentres/points (98UNRWA, 25government andonevoluntary agency). Statistical datainrespect of UNRWAout-patient careareshowninannexI,table6.Compared with1983,medical consultations markedly increased duringtheyearinallfields. Thisincrease in demandforUNRWAservices isbelieved tobetheresultoftherefugees' economic difftculties. 73.InspiteoftheAgency's financial problems, theHealthDepartment wasableto makemodest improvements intheworking conditions athealthunits.Itsupplied newequipment andreplaced oldequipment wherenecessary inAgencyinstallations. Theseincluded X-raymachines, laboratory anddentalequipment, refrigerators and -12-sterilizers. Through special contributions andfromUNRWA's ownresources itwas possible tocomplete somenewconstruction andtoreplace orexpandsomehealth premises. 74.Out-patient dentalcareservice includes consultations, toothextraction and fillings, gumtreatment, dentalX-rayandminoruralsurgery. Twonewdent~l clinics werecompleted inLebanon andoneinJordan, bringing thetotalAgency-wide to30.ManyPalestine refugees (especially scnoo1children) recognize the importance oforalhealth, butpreventive dentalcareisnotyetpractised byall ofthem. 75.UNRWAoperates threecentral healthlaboratories inGaza,Jerusalem and Amman. Testsaremadeinaprivate laboratory onacontractual basisinDamascus andattheGovernment central labo~atory inBeitut. TheAgencyalsooperates 24clinical laboratories located atmainhealthcentres inthedifferent fieldsfor routinetests,including biochemical ones. 76.Forhospital treatment, theAgencyusually sendsrefugees togovernment, university, voluntary agencyorprivately-owned hospitals andmedical institutions. IntheWestBank,theAugusta Victoria Hospital operated bythe