Upset responses following the exclusion of gardens from the downtime • NAMAT chairman: "Therapists cannot carry the entire economy" • Histadrut: "Teachers should not discriminate"
Closed Kindergarten // Photo Archive: Liron Moldovan
Corona crisis slides into education system: Tonight (Thursday), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the disabling of the education system to cope with the spread of the corona virus and to try to curb the scale of the phenomenon.
Netanyahu: "We close schools, except kindergartens and special education" // Ami Shamir
Accordingly, this evening the Ministry of Education announced that the education system would begin the Passover holiday tomorrow - with the exception of preschoolers, special education children, at-risk boys and youth rural students, who will continue their education.
In response to the Ministry of Education's announcement and the Prime Minister's announcement, outrage among horticulturists and education system workers who have been excluded from the disabled institutions.
Na'amat chairman Hagit Farr responded sharply to the decision: "The state must order the closure of the dormitories. Thousands of supervised dormitories are unable to carry on their back the entire economy - light and material in the excruciating wage conditions in which they are employed. The teachers or any other citizen in the country. "
The teachers' union also condemned the decision to exclude the genes from the decision to disable the education system. The Histadrut issued a statement: "We will not allow teaching workers to remain exposed to the danger of infection. The teaching staff who teach kindergartens to other teaching staff cannot be discriminated against. We urge the state to learn from other countries that have completely closed educational institutions and thus maintained the health of teaching staff and children." .
On the other hand, the national leadership welcomed the move: "The Israeli government's decision to disable schools is a difficult but necessary step in light of the spread of the Corona virus and with a view to reducing public exposure in general and the public in particular for the virus," the statement from the national leadership said. That the difficult steps now being taken will help stop the spread of the virus and wish good health to everyone. "
The following educational institutions will be closed tomorrow: elementary schools, middle schools and upper secondary schools. From 1st to 12th grade. Also, special education classes are disabled in regular schools. Those who do not sit down will be kindergartens and toddlers, special education students at special, internal, and at-risk youth educational institutions.