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Budget Disparities Leave Some Israeli Students Receiving Less Funding
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First reported by Globes · 17 hours ago
What happened
Israeli students face unequal educational funding due to the country's four distinct education systems. The state religious sector receives disproportionately higher per-student funding, while other sectors, particularly the state secular system, are underfunded, requiring billions more to achieve parity.
- 01Israeli education system suffers from unequal funding across its four sectors.
- 02State religious students receive more funding per capita than others.
- 03Additional funding for religious studies and coalition deals contribute to the disparity.
- 04A High Court order has frozen some funds for state religious education.
- 05Billions are needed to equalize funding between state secular and religious sectors.
- 06Funding issues also affect northern schools and teacher education levels.
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