Secondary School Teachers Organization

Israel education system short 3,000 teachers, raising fears over quality of learning

Israel faces a shortage of 3,000 educators, including 200 kindergarten teachers, raising concerns that unqualified staff may have to teach unfamiliar subjects or oversee two classes at once.

Children return to school following the ceasefire in the war with Hezbollah at Gamla Primary School in Katsrin, Golan Heights, April 19, 2026.
 A SCHOOL classroom in Givatayim is empty during a teachers strike last week. As long as teachers are denied the stability, recognition, and respect they deserve, we will keep losing the essential individuals who prop up the backbone of society, the writer argues.

Five day school week: Teachers' Union reaches agreement with gov't after weeks of negotiations

Civics teacher arrested, remand extended for supporting Hamas

 High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.

High school teachers, Finance Ministry reach deal after students strike


Israeli high schoolers to strike amid teachers dispute with government

The Secondary Schools Teachers Organization was expected to lift the sanctions when the new school year began after it came to agreements with the Finance Ministry at the last second.

 High school students take their mathematics matriculation examination (Bagrut), in at a high school in Rishon Lezion, on May 20, 2019.

Israel averts high school strikes in 'phenomenal' deal with teachers

The agreements, which the Secondary School Teachers' Association described as a "phenomenal achievement," will be detailed in due course, it said.

Israeli students arrive to school, at a high school in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, November 29, 2020

Gov't, teachers fail to agree, high schools teachers may strike

The Education Ministry and Teachers Association agreed on a NIS 2,000 raise for teachers but still need to agree on other issues.

 View of an empty classroom at a school in Tel Aviv, during a general strike of some Municipalities and local authorities, on May 15, 2023.

Israel Teachers' Union announces nationwide strike for April 30

This decision, according to the union, came after the finance and education ministries did not meet their requirements after a year of "fruitless negotiations."

 A CLASSROOM at a Tel Aviv school is empty due to a strike called by the Teachers’ Union.

Municipalities, high school teachers strike over 'damaging' national budget

Government meets today to approve national budget for 2023-2024

 ONE CHALLENGE: The ongoing classroom shortage. Pictured: At a Beit Hakerem school.

Israel's teacher strike will not include middle school - Ed. Ministry

The chairman of the teachers' organization announced on Friday that on Sunday there will be a one-day warning strike in Israeli high schools.

A school classroom is seen empty in Jerusalem's Beit Hakerem.

Will schools open on time? Likely not - opinion

It is immoral for teachers to strike, except in very rare situations. The right thing to do in the current constellation is for the teachers to sign a short-term agreement.

 EDUCATION MINISTER Yifat Shasha-Biton visits a classroom last year. Will this school year open on time?

Israel's school year is about to start and everyone is clueless

EDUCATION AFFAIRS: In quiet classrooms around the country, teachers are hanging decorations, organizing lessons and preparing a year’s worth of daily education.

 THE LOCKED gate of a Jerusalem school. Will it open up next week?

Israel's Teachers Union's acts are completely unjustified - opinion

It remains to be seen whether an agreement between the teachers unions and the Finance Ministry, with the Education Ministry attempting at mediation, will be reached before September 1.

 TENS OF thousands of teachers demonstrate in Tel Aviv, May 30.

High school teachers threaten to join back-to-school strike

The Secondary School Teachers' Organization will join the September 1 teachers’ strike unless the Finance Ministry resolves negotiations swiftly.

 NEW TEACHERS run a summer school, located at Alonei Yitzhak in the North, as part of the training they receive from Hotam.