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Wednesday, August 30, 2017
NIS 70 million plan aims to teach English good
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEducation Minister Naftali Bennett has unveiled a NIS 70 million ($19.5 million) program to improve English proficiency across the country, saying not knowing the international lingua franca is hurting Israelis prospects to be successful in business and life.
“Not knowing English is effectively closing books in your face and shutting opportunities to interact with the world,” Bennett says at a press conference, according to a statement released by his office.
The stated goal of the program is to bring the number of high-schoolers graduating with high-level English from 61 percent to 70% within four years, but will also target elementary and middle school students and aim to raise the quality of English teachers and English resources in schools.
The Times of Israel Community.