The Ministry of Education will make it possible to shorten the children's week in kindergartens due to the shortage of kindergarten teachers
Two weeks before the return to school, the director general of the ministry informed the district administrators that in exceptional cases, the school week in kindergartens will be shortened to 5 days and the study in special education by almost two hours.
Uri Sela
08/16/2022
Tuesday, August 16, 2022, 6:17 p.m. Updated: 6:25 p.m.
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Demonstration of teachers and teaching staff, Tel Aviv Museum Square, May 30, 2022 (Photo: Reuven Castro)
The Ministry of Education will, in exceptional cases, approve shortening the school week in kindergartens to five days, due to the severe shortage of kindergarteners and teachers.
In addition to this, in exceptional cases the study hours in special education will also be shortened by almost two hours to 15:10.
The decision, which was made in preparation for the return to school in about two weeks, was conveyed by the director general of the Ministry of Education in letters to the district administrators.
The Ministry of Education said in response that it is "turning over every stone to give proper answers to the existing shortage of teaching staff."
In light of this, he is taking a series of steps and actions, which so far have led to the reduction of the shortage from about 6,000 to about 2,000 for the coming year.
With the continuation of the measures, it is expected to continue to be reduced."
It was further stated that "at this stage, the ministry is required to provide a specific response to cases in which the required manpower is not found in certain educational institutions.
These tortures will be given sparingly and after all options have been exhausted so as not to harm the children's right to receive appropriate educational services."
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