.. If education is poor quality, we will have no values
(Full title, which will not fit in the header space): It is never too late for change: Today’s leaders have forgotten what is written in our Declaration of Independence – If education is poor quality, we will have no values
According to OECD surveys, Israel is ranked close to last in the field of education. The reforms the Education Ministry tried to implement have not succeeded in generating any changes despite its relatively large budget.
Nevertheless, on September 1, the first day of the academic year, it was announced that the education budget would be slashed by NIS 700 million for this and subsequent years. Although all government ministries’ budgets, across the board, are suffering these serious cuts, education was hit the hardest, which is especially damaging to disadvantaged groups and children living in the periphery...
The Defense Ministry, on the other hand, gobbles up at least 17 percent of the state’s resources – one of the highest rates in the world. This proportion has grown over the years despite all the efforts to reduce it, including peace agreements and promises to keep a small, lean army....
Today’s leaders have forgotten what is written in our Declaration of Independence – If education is poor quality, we will have no values. If we have no values, there will be no justice. And there is no justice....
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Its-never-too-late-for-change-375136
The writer is a former brigadier-general who served as a division head in the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).
Translated by Hannah Hochner.
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