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Thursday, November 30, 2017
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
Education minister seeks new measures to combat violence against teachers
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEducation Minister Naftali Bennett announces a new plan to combat violence against teachers in schools, Channel 10 reports.
The plan includes advancing legislation that would allow courts to jail assailants for up to five years.
The ministry will also examine granting schools the right to permanently expel violent students.
The announcement comes just hours after the high school teachers’ union declares a one-day strike set for Sunday in all the country’s high schools in protest over what it describes as rampant and rising violence against teachers.
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