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OECD Report: Classrooms in Israel are about 21% more crowded than in the world
According to the report, which tracks 38 education systems among the member states of the organization, the density rate in classrooms is high compared to the average of developed countries.
Teachers' salaries are lower than those of their peers worldwide.
Students in Israel study more hours a year, but according to indicators, they achieve less
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Dana Yarkatzi
Tuesday, 08 September 2020, 12:00
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The OECD publishes today (Tuesday) the data of its education report for 2020, which monitors 38 education systems in the member countries of the organization, including the education system in Israel.
The report, known as Education at a Glance, refers to data collected in 2019, according to which the average of the densely populated classes is about 21% larger than the average of the developed countries, and the teachers' salaries are lower.
The report reviews a number of areas, over the years and ranks the countries 'locations in each of the areas, such as: national expenditure on education, natural growth, public and private expenditure on education, large classrooms, teachers' salaries, volume of school hours and education rates.
The report's findings show that the proportion of young people aged 17-6 out of the total population in Israel is particularly high and is the second largest of all the organization's countries, after Mexico.
Between 2018-2010, this population in Israel increased by 15.5%.
This is the highest growth rate of all OECD countries.
On average, the OECD population is up 0.2%.
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The density rate is high compared to the world (Photo: Reuven Castro)
According to the report, the density of students in a larger class in Israel is about 25% in primary education, 26.4 students per class compared to 21.1 students in the OECD average.
However, Israel is reducing the number of students in the middle school class: from 9.4% in 2005 to 28.2 students in 2018. The OECD average is 23.3 students per class, a gap of about 21%.
According to the report, Israeli students study more than the OECD average.
In elementary schools in Israel, students study 154 more hours a year (958 in Israel compared to the organization's average of 804).
In middle schools, Israeli students study 62 hours more.
Despite data, these large hours in the current learning format have not proven its effectiveness: as Israel's student achievement in the 2018 PISA tests indicated a decline.
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The rest of the report deals with the salaries of teachers in Israel.
Although the increase in their salaries is higher than in OECD countries, their salaries are still lower than in the rest of the world.
In Israel, kindergarten teachers earn 3% more than kindergarten teachers in the OECD, but in primary school teaching staff earn 6% less than in the world, in middle schools 5% less, and in upper secondary school 6% less.
The report also shows that the salaries of managers in Israel are higher than the average in developed countries.
The report refers to the extent to which men participate in the teaching sector in Israel.
According to the data, their rate is very small compared to women, and relative to their rate in developed countries.
For example, the average number of men in pre-primary education in Israel is 0.6%, compared with 3.5% in the member states of the organization.
In primary schools - 14.3% compared to 17.7% in developed countries.
In middle schools in Israel 21.3% compared to 32.5% in developed countries.
In the upper division, the gap widens to 29.5% compared to 40.3%.
Low wages compared to developed countries (Photo: Nati Shochat, Flash 90)
The report also shows that national expenditure on education in Israel is higher than in the countries of the organization (Israel 4.4% compared with 1.6% worldwide).
Expenditure per student in Israel is also higher than that of developed countries.
Thus, Israel ranks fourth in education expenditure and in increasing the number of students.
Only three of the countries examined have a compulsory education law from the age of 3, including Israel.
The private expenditure on education in Israel is also greater than in the other countries of the organization, but still the rate of private household expenditure on education in Israel is the same as the rate in the other countries of the organization.
In the higher education system: The percentage of educated people in Israel is higher than the OECD average.
In Israel, 50.2% have postgraduate and academic degrees, compared with 38% in the OECD.
Women in Israel are also more educated than women in the organization.
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