In short, the emergency plan divides each of the 16 educational administrative districts in the West Bank and Gaza into smaller geographical units. A unit is defined based on the roads and availability of public transportation lines or ease and safety of walking between population centers in each unit. The District Education Office assigns a coordinator for each unit from the school principals, supervisors or district staff living in that area. Whenever closure or siege is imposed on that area for more a long period of time, the teachers who cannot reach their normal schools, report to the nearest school to their area of residence. They teach there and replace the missing teachers.
Pupils do the same.
They go to the nearest schools and are helped by teachers in that school in their studies. Volunteers from the local community in that area are called upon to fill the shortage in teachers whenever it occurs. Qalqilya is one of the 16 educational administrative districts. The city of Qalqilya has a population of 32,000. Outside the city of Qalqilya, the district consists of 28 villages with 46 government schools.