Here it comes:
students are already ready to meet their classmates, teachers will welcome their new class and parents will send their children to schools with joy accompanied by great apprehension, due to the spreading corona epidemic.
2.45 million students will open the school year today (Wednesday), 176,000 of them are first graders, certainly this is not the ideal way to open the school chapter in their lives. Also, 250,000 students will not reach the education frameworks, due to isolation or non Adherence to the condition of 70% vaccinated and exempt from isolation - and will be transferred to distance learning Vaccine mobility has been ordered to 52 schools in 18 cities across the country.
Bennett and Shasha Bitton in Yeruham, Herzog in Modi'in
Shortly after the students get used to the classrooms, at 8:30 a.m., President Herzog will visit three centers in the city of Modi'in - Inbalim Elementary School, Masuot Neria State Religious Elementary School and Urban E High School.
In "Inbalim" the president will join the first class of the first grade and meet the students and the teaching staff.
At 09:30, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Education Minister Shasha Bitton will visit the first grade of the "United" elementary school in Yeruham.
Bennett and Shasha Bitton will visit the schools // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon, Ohad Zweigenberg,
At 12:45, Minister of Education Shasha Bitton will visit the "Shikamim" special education school in Rishon LeZion.
At 2 p.m., Education Minister Shasha Bitton will tour Washington Hill Youth Village.
President Herzog to visit educational institutions in Modi'in // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon,
Defense Minister Gantz will also take part in the celebration and at 08:45 will visit the "Bava" special education school, in the Gan Raveh Regional Council, which runs joint projects with the IDF to encourage recruitment among people with disabilities.
At 09:15, Ganz will visit the joint headquarters of the Home Front Command, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, at the Alon headquarters, in light of the opening of the school year, together with the headquarters commander, Brigadier General Reli Margalit.