Education ministry
'Catastrophic event on historic scale': Israel plunges in PISA rankings with worst-ever test scores
Across all three subjects, Israel's 2025 PISA results were the lowest ever recorded for the country and were significantly lower than those recorded in 2018, 2015, and 2012.
Education Minister Kisch asks High Court to preserve proportional funding for haredi schools
Israel teaches students how to vote, but not how to make an informed political choice - opinion
'Not safe for kids': Food allergy group petitions High Court to stop Kisch school-nurse pilot
Education Ministry to cancel school if Iran attacks, transition later to remote learning
Knesset members raised concerns about the pedagogical effectiveness of distance learning and the fact that many students lack reliable access to computers at home.
Israel's Knesset pushes to create daycare oversight authority after Jerusalem tragedy
The proposed bill aims to establish the Early Childhood Authority, a new government body within the Education Ministry.
'Failures must be fixed': Englman blasts delayed Gaza border communities rebuild in new report
The audit reviewed government and local authority actions over an extended period following the October 7 attack and focuses on failures in civilian recovery.
Israeli teachers delay school opening following extreme violence, harassments by students
"Violence against teaching staff is becoming an everyday phenomenon that we must not normalize," Teachers Union Chairman Michael Pinto said in a statement on Monday.
Lapid unveils plan to improve education system, demands Education Minstry portfolio in next gov't
The proposal is divided into five chapters and centers on improving conditions for both teachers and students through an investment of billions of shekels in the education system.
Arab Israeli children attacked by Jewish yeshiva students during field trip, 13 hospitalized
According to Kamal Abu Younis, principal of Ibn Khaldun Elementary School in Sakhnin, a group of yeshiva students spat on the Sakhnin students, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray, and beat them.
State to High Court: Education data on haredi core studies incomplete, disputes A-G’s framing
At the January hearing, the High Court ordered the state to submit all documents in its possession relating to core-curriculum instruction in the networks.
Tainted views, distorted teaching: Should Haaretz be banned from Israeli high schools? - opinion
Education Minister Yoav Kisch requested a professional oversight unit to review complaints that highly critical Haaretz content has been included in high school exams.
Knesset legal advisor demands Finance Ministry probe into unauthorized fund transfers
The demand was made following a High Court of Justice hearing on petitions challenging the government’s transfer of more than NIS 1 billion in earmarked funds to haredi schools.
High Court to Israeli gov't: Disclose details on ultra-Orthodox school funding within 10 days
The ruling came in response to a petition that challenges the continued funding of the two main party-linked haredi school networks amid concerns over budgetary transfers to the networks.
