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Half of Elementary School Math Teachers in Israel Lack Proper Qualifications, CBS Report Shows
A CBS report finds that only about half of elementary math teachers in Israel are properly qualified, with similar issues in science education. Despite increased teacher numbers, many unqualified teachers remain in classrooms for years, and attrition rates among new teachers are high across subjects.
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- 01Only about 51% of elementary math teachers in Israel are properly qualified.
- 02Middle and high school math teachers show higher qualification rates, around 80%.
- 03Significant numbers of unqualified teachers continue teaching for three or more years.
- 04Math teacher numbers grew faster than student numbers over the past decade.
- 05High attrition rates among new science and math teachers, with up to 30.6% leaving within five years.
- 06Uneven growth in science teachers, with computer science increasing most in high schools.
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