Yaffa Ben David called on principals: "Do not conduct assessment tests for students" | Israel today

The secretary general of the Teachers' Union, Yaffa Ben-David, this evening (Monday) called on school principals not to cooperate with the Ministry of Education on the subject of assessment tests, which are supposed to check the level of examinees in the language.

The reason for the lack of cooperation of Ben-David, who sent her instruction to principals and teaching staff by letter, is what she claims is the Ministry of Education ignoring the Histadrut requirements it heads, allocating additional standards to counselors and psychologists, split hours and extra hours for emotional therapy in light of rising violence in the education system.

Ben-David also demanded that the CEO's circular dealing with student behavior be adapted to the current reality: "We are aware of the great difficulty and distress in which the system now finds itself." In or in the school evaluation model.

Secretary General of the Teachers' Union Yaffa Ben David (Archive), Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

As first reported in "Israel Today" in July, the Corona epidemic led the Ministry of Education to cancel the external tests in the 2017 school year (the new Meitzav - state of the art test), and to hold a single external assessment in mother tongue literacy for all students in their place. D., to establish the educational gaps between them.

In addition, the Ministry of Education intends to conduct climate surveys in all schools, among all fifth- to eleventh-grade students (and not a third of them as was the practice in previous years). Depth in a wide range of aspects.The surveys will include aspects of emotional and social learning, including mental and personal resilience, social and emotional skills.In addition, they will include aspects of school climate, including protection and active and healthy lifestyle.The Ministry of Education states that the surveys will be computerized.