Israel – According to the coalition deal signed by Yesh Atid on Friday, the next education minister, MK Shai Piron, will formulate a new core curriculum for elementary education within the six months of the swearing- in of the government.
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The curriculum, which will be implemented two years after it is approved, is to apply to every pupil in the country and will allow different communities to propose unique additional programs that reflect their way of life.
The ministry also is to take over responsibility for early childhood education and technological education. The state commits to assigning dedicated resources and budgets to these fields. This decision will be implemented in time to be included in the current education budget.
Following the recommendation of the Trajtenberg Committee, established in 2011 to examine and propose solutions to Israel’s socioeconomic problems, the government will cancel the criterion allowing funding for religious education institutions when it comes to students who are not Israelis.
Yesh Atid’s coalition deal specifies that the 50-year seniority bonus offered to teachers will now take into consideration a maximum of five years of experience in a foreign country. For example, if a teacher has worked in Israel for 45 years and abroad for an additional five, they are entitled to receive the salary bonus.
Piron said on Thursday that he was nervous about his new post, which he called “the real national defense ministry,” and reiterated his commitment to “overhauling the failing education system.”
The Yesh Atid platform calls for reducing the number of mandatory matriculation exams for high-schoolers; improving the integration of children in special education program into the regular system; offering students in the periphery better opportunities; and combating racism and discrimination in education.
Content is provided courtesy of the Jerusalem Post
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The photo in the article says it all….these kinderlach have the potential to be both bnai torah as well as sucessful professionals who can make great contributions to the economy of EY. Instead, many of them will go through the yeshiva system and come out as functional illiterates who know virtually nothing about EY and its governemntal system and those of other countries, cannot communicate effectively in Hebrew or English, have little or no familiarity with math and science and are not computer savy. They have few if any job skills and will be unable to support themselves or their families without government assistance.
If the yeshivot want governemnt funding, than there needs to be fundamental change in how they approach the chinuch of these kinderlach.
It’s time to leave the ghettos of Europe and emulate the golden era of Spain when Jews enjoyed a well rounded education encompassing Torah and contemporary knowledge. We need more great leaders like the Rambam. The recent trend towards shutting Torah Jews in a ghetto began with the Haskalah, when the rabbanim were afraid of the inroads of modernity. Today, it is possible to be a Torah Jew and at the same time, to be educated in the sciences and general knowledge without fear of losing one’s yiras Shamayim and Yiddishkeit. On the contrary, the knowledge of the wonders of science, mathematics and psychology should instill greater Yiras Shamayim and awe of Hashem into every Torah Jews as he/she becomes more aware of the awesomeness of Creation.
Now I understand. Lapid (with his insistance on haredim learning as much secular studies as possible) is not a goy. He’s just a regular MO guy.
The goal of Lapid is not that chareidim should have jobs but rather to make them secular. All you mo crowd can crow all you want. The government hates chareidim more than arabs. They put an arab on the supreme court but not a chareidi judge. They want to take our 18 year old kids and rip them away from judaism just as they did to the yeminite and sfardic kids. Don’t be naive. Yes will have a chareidi army wgen someone like amnon yitzchok is prime minister not the bareheaded porkeaters.