Israeli Education System – FAIL
This is unbelievable. Israeli education system is continuing on the miserable trend of producing poor student results. The latest international comparative study TIMMS found Israel to be just above average. Big deal – looking at the countries below the average is not something to brag about.
This is very bad news for a nation once so proud of its education system and students.
So much talk, planning and reforms and the damn government (and the two proceeding it) could not get back on track. In a defensive statement the DoE blames it all on the teachers’ strikes. Here’s my advice for reform Ms. Tamir:
1. Make obtaining a teaching degree free for any young individual who wants to become a teacher.
2. Fire 25% of the current teaching staff.
3. Replace with young new graduates.
4. Pay more (and I mean, way more) for teachers.
5. Abolish all this frontal/preparation hours nonsense. Teaching should be a respectable full time occupation. No half-days. No off-campus preparation time.
6. Make teachers pass annual qualification tests. Failed the test? See 3 above. Teaching should be a licensed practice.
This should bring Israeli education system back to its glory days. It may take a few months of painful strikes but at the end of the day it’ll be for the benefits of the students, the teacher and the economy as a whole.
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