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Israel's Education System Faces Crisis Amidst Election Focus on Other Issues
Summarized from Haaretz English by baba
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Israel's education system is facing a significant long-term crisis, with recent international standardized exam results from the OECD being described as abysmal. While overshadowed by security and emigration concerns during the election, the education sector has reportedly taken a religious and nationalist turn under Prime Minister Netanyahu. Opposition parties aim to integrate ultra-Orthodox students into the core curriculum and end school segregation.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Israel's education system is experiencing a significant long-term failure, according to a recent OECD report.
- Israeli students received abysmal grades on international standardized exams, the OECD report revealed.
- The education system has reportedly taken a religious, nationalist, and right-wing turn under Netanyahu.
- Opposition parties want ultra-Orthodox children to study the core curriculum.
- Ending entrenched segregation in schools is another goal of the opposition.
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