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NEWS
700 May be Fired from Chinuch Atzmai
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
The Ministry of Education ordered the Chinuch Atzmai to cut
8,000 hours of instruction. As a result, the system may be
forced to let go as many as 700 teachers throughout the
country. This was announced by Rabbi Meir Luria and Rabbi
Avrohom Yosef Lazerson, the two heads of the Chinuch
Atzmai.
In discussions it was pointed out that in the Chinuch Atzmai
system, cuts of this scale must include parts of the basic
core instruction. In the general education system the cuts
mostly applied to secondary subjects and electives. The
Chinuch Atzmai system is already burdened by large classes
and inadequate facilities and these cuts will make the
situation intolerable.
The heads of the Chinuch Atzmai said that they have not faced
a threat of this magnitude since the founding of the
system.
Last week the Shinui representative in the Knesset Finance
Committee announced that chareidi education will not be cut
back. UTJ representatives on the Finance Committee quickly
countered that there was no basis for the announcement and
that it was a transparent attempt to build resentment against
the chareidim.
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