During a handover ceremony, incoming Education Minister Yoav Kisch announces that he will reverse a matriculation reform that his predecessor Yifat Shasha-Biton had tried to implement.
“It is no secret that we are not on the same path and the Education Ministry will change direction,” he says.
“I intend to act to cancel the outgoing government’s decision regarding the removal of humanities studies, including Bible and history, from the high school curriculum,” Kisch adds. “We will restore these subjects to the teaching programs in high schools and high school matriculation.”
Incoming Education Minister Yoav Kisch (left) at a handover ceremony with outgoing minister Yifat Shasha-Biton, at the Education Ministry in Jerusalem on January 1, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussil/FLASH90)
During her own speech, Shasha-Biton reprimands Kisch for not listening to what she has to say.
“You should listen,” she says. “It will save you a lot of time moving forward.”
Kisch, in response, fires, “We’ve been listening to you for a year and a half.”
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