From the following school year: Computer Science also in three study units Israel today

Starting with the next school year (2003/04), computer science majors will also be opened to students who wish to study in the amount of three study units for matriculation.

The goal of the program, led by Education Minister Yifat Shasha Bitton, is to make computer science accessible to students from populations that until now the trend has been closed to them.

However, the challenge for the Ministry of Education will be to train teachers to teach the profession.

Today, the number of computer matriculation students at the five-year-old level is about 9,500, and almost every high school has a class that studies computer science. Like software engineering and cyber protection, cities with a high socio-economic rating of 9-8 belong to the list, and the cities include Shoham and Ramat Hasharon.

An important step in reducing gaps.

Education Minister Yifat Shasha Bitton, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon

The goal of the move now is to give thousands more students the opportunity to integrate into the prestigious field, which is one of the significant growth engines in the world economy and economy.

Students will be exposed to concepts in the programming language, and will also be able to expand the track and access five IHL in the field.

The Ministry of Education estimates that the move will double the number of students in the field, open a gateway for them to prestigious technological tracks in the IDF, increase the number of students in the practical training track, and allow access to the coveted field for students in technology education centers and challenge classes.

High-tech workers will be integrated into teaching, Photo: Getty Images

As for the students who approach five units - they will continue to be tested according to the existing model. According to the Minister of Education, Yifat Shasha Bitton:

"Computer science touches almost every area of ​​our lives, and this step, which will lead to exposing more children to the subject, is important in adapting students' worlds of knowledge to contemporary reality and reducing gaps."

High-tech workers will be integrated

However, it is important to note that the Ministry of Education is still facing a shortage of teachers, so the question arises as to who will fill the classrooms and teach a complex profession like computer science.

The Ministry of Education admits that this is a challenge, and the intention is to train teachers from the field, especially from the high-tech industry, who can combine their work with teaching part-time, as well as teachers from other engineering professions.

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