ah ▁and ▁Gaz a ▁City . ▁ ▁Education ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁PC BS ▁census , ▁ 8 7 . 7 % ▁of ▁residents ▁in ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ▁over ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 1 0 ▁were ▁liter ate . ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁people ▁who ▁finished ▁elementary ▁education ▁was ▁ 5 , 7 4 0 , ▁while ▁ 5 , 9 6 4 ▁finished ▁primary ▁education ▁and ▁ 5 , 2 8 9 ▁completed ▁secondary ▁school . ▁In ▁higher ▁education , ▁ 1 , 7 6 3 ▁people ▁att ained ▁associate ▁degrees , ▁ 1 , 3 3 6 ▁att ained ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degrees ▁and ▁ 9 7 ▁att ained ▁higher ▁degrees . ▁ ▁Edu c ational ▁services ▁in ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ▁are ▁under ▁the ▁juris diction ▁of ▁the ▁Khan ▁Y un is ▁Director ate ▁of ▁High er ▁Education . ▁There ▁were ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 8 5 ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ▁Governor ate ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 - 0 8 ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁P NA ' s ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Education ▁and ▁High er ▁Education . ▁The ▁Palest in ian ▁government ▁operated ▁ 3 9 ▁school ▁while ▁four ▁were ▁priv ately ▁owned . ▁The ▁remainder ▁were ▁run ▁by ▁UN R WA ▁and ▁were ▁mostly ▁located ▁in ▁refuge e ▁cam ps ▁in ▁De ir ▁al - Bal ah ' s ▁vic inity . ▁The ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁students ▁in ▁the ▁governor ate ▁was ▁ 6