PM asked his office's chief executive to immediately reinstate distance learning in school • On Wednesday, it was agreed that teachers who learn from home will do so on a voluntary basis

• learning from distance. From now on you will only volunteer // Photo: Oren Ben Hakun

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his office's director, Ronen Peretz, to look at the return of learning remotely through schools in the classroom.

The Histadrut said that they supported the government's initiative to regulate distance learning, and that the Secretary-General of the Teachers' Federation, Yaffe Ben David, spoke with the Prime Minister's Office several times in recent days, and made clear that the teaching staff is a public-value-driven public and specially trained for remote learning to operate in emergency situations. Such.

As mentioned, it was only two days ago that it was decided that teachers would not be required to teach remotely, and that if they did, they would not be paid, after a summary was reached between the Ministry of Finance and the Histadrut.

According to the summary reached between the two sides, the days when the teachers were supposed to teach until the Passover holiday will be returned during July, and possibly next school year. These are nine days to be returned in early July, and another day to be returned to Lag Ba'omer, and if they do not return to school until then - will be returned in the next school year.

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In summary, teaching workers will receive full pay for work days performed from home, but as of the day after the term, they will no longer be required to work from home - and any teacher who wishes to do so will volunteer.

It should be noted that in light of the situation, when many teachers are required to be with their children, it is highly doubtful that they can and will want to teach remotely without any consideration.

On Tuesday, Treasury Director General Shai Babad held a briefing in which he said: "Finance is not forcing teachers from home, teachers are the ones to decide, and this decision depends on their level of social solidarity during this crisis." He added, "Regardless of their decision, the option of paying full wages for work from home is not on the table. The options available to teachers are going on vacation or abroad. They are not unlike the hundreds of thousands of public sector workers who want to work from home, but are forced to take a forced vacation. ".

Now, as mentioned, the situation may change and teachers will still receive special treatment, according to the Prime Minister's instructions and for the children to be able to continue learning even while the economy is largely disabled.