Tensions between the Ministry of Health and the Minister of Education continue:
Last Friday, Dr. Elrai Price said on Channel 12 that Education Minister Yifat Shasha Bitton "does not know what is happening in the education system," this morning (Monday) the minister responded at the High Court: "The public, the minister in charge of it, needs to address this. We know very well what is happening in the system, we are all mobilized to save the children after two difficult years."
Dr. Sharon Elrai-Price in Knesset debate // Photo: Shmulik Grossman,
Recall that tensions between the offices flared up again with the spread of the Omicron strain. Only on Saturday did Prof. Idit Matot call for a change in the isolation policy, and the Minister of Education supported her remarks and received harsh criticism from the Ministry of Health. "If there is one thing that still drives the decision makers in this event it is the anxiety and the feeling of fear," said Prof. Matot, adding: "Instead of treating this strain accordingly, people are forced to be imprisoned in their homes." The Minister of Education supported her remarks and added: "The isolation of healthy children should be reduced immediately and teachers and parents should be relieved." As mentioned, her support added to the tension between the ministries.
At the same time, there is heavy criticism of the Minister of Education's announcement that "90% of students come to school."
While many are not sick in Corona or are in isolation, schools and kindergartens are closed so they cannot reach them.
An example of a gap in Bat Yam, where it was decided that all post-primary students (except 11th-12th) would move to distance learning.
These are 6,000 students who are not counted anywhere, but sit at home.
In the Beer Tuvia council, too, studies have become online, and so in the locality of Omer and many other localities, kindergarten and school classes are closing quickly.
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