[etni] fw: Knesset approves five-day school week
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Knesset approves five-day school week
Haaretz - August 25, 2004
The Knesset Education Committee approved regulations allowing a five-day
school week yesterday.
According to the regulations, schools that seek and get approval from
their local authorities for the transition to the five-day week will
get permission from the Education Ministry to do so. The new rules take
effect immediately, meaning schools can already move to a five-day week
this coming school year, which begins on September 1.
Next year, if the Dovrat Committee recommendations are accepted in full,
the transition to the five-day school week will gradually begin to be
implemented throughout the school system. There are already 17 schools
that have asked permission from the Education Ministry to move to a
five-day week.
The two teachers unions are vehemently opposed to the plan, as are the
national parents association, MKs, and social welfare organizations.
Some officials from the teachers union said the fear is that with the
switch to the five-day week, students from poorer areas will be left to
wander the streets when not in school.
(To read the whole article, go to:
www.etni.org.il/news/fivedayweek.htm
or
www.etni.org/news/fivedayweek.htm )
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