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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 596

Shmuel Abuav

Shmuel Abuav of the Education Ministry speaks at the 16th annual Jerusalem Conference of the 'Besheva' group, on February 11, 2019 (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 28, 2020, 6:46 pm
Education Ministry DG announces resignation amid row over school in summer break
Shmuel Abuav, who led pandemic response in school systems, says he’ll stay until start of school year; Minister Gallant hails him as ‘loyal partner’
By ToI Staff
Israeli students and teachers wear protective face masks as they retun to school, at Hashalom School in Mevaseret Zion, near Jerusalem, on May 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2020, 9:37 pm
Education Ministry seeks injunction to force teachers to extend school year
Pushing for 9 additional school days due to the lengthy coronavirus lockdown, Education Minister Gallant says he won’t allow ‘anarchy’ in education system
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The entrance to the Paula Rehavia school in Jerusalem, after it was closed due to coronavirus infections, May 31, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 16, 2020, 12:20 am
Treasury threatens to dock teachers’ pay if they refuse to extend school year
Official notifies Education Ministry that teaching staff will not get full wages for distance learning given during coronavirus lockdown if they don’t add 9 days in July
By ToI Staff
Children and a teacher at a kindergarten in Tel Aviv as they return on May 10, 2020, for the first time in two months after shut down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 10, 2020, 8:38 am
Hundreds of thousands of kids head back to preschool, but many stay home
After almost 2 months, daycares and kindergartens reopen with social distancing, but class size limits and lingering compensation issues mean thousands are remaining behind
By ToI Staff
Israeli students wear protective face masks as they return to school for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus, May 3, 2020 in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitussi/Flash90)
May 9, 2020, 11:28 pm
Education chief: All kids back in school in 2-3 weeks if virus rates stay steady
Comments come as hundreds of thousands of kids set to return to kindergartens on Sunday morning; Lag B’Omer situation remains unresolved at national level
By ToI Staff
A closed school in the northern Israeli city of Safed, March 13, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
April 26, 2020, 12:58 am
Education Ministry proposes reopening some schools starting May 3
Government set to weigh plan to relaunch preschools and 1st-3rd grades, expand special education class sizes
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: First grade students sit in a classroom on their first day of school at Hashalom elementary school in Mevaseret Zion, September 1, 2019. (Flash90)
April 25, 2020, 6:43 pm
As Israel weighs return to school, it has no seriously ill patients under 19
Health Ministry figures show majority of coronavirus patients in serious condition have been between 70-79, disease deadliest for those aged 80 and over
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A closed school in the northern Israeli town of Safed on March 13, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
April 19, 2020, 3:14 pm
As parents pan remote studies as ‘a joke,’ teachers resist school year extension
Education minister says distance learning is ‘not compulsory’; union insists there will be no further extension into summer vacation
By ToI Staff
A closed school in the northern Israeli city of Safed, March 13, 2020 (David Cohen/Flash90)
April 13, 2020, 4:12 pm
Online classes to continue; students to gradually return to school in batches
Education Ministry director general lays out plan amid talk of exit strategies; classes to take place also in libraries, grounds, to let students keep distance
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 25, 2020, 11:46 pm
Tel Aviv to let foreign runners already in Israel compete in Friday’s marathon
Municipality had earlier said it was banning and reimbursing non-resident participants as Israeli officials work to keep out coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on February 24, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 24, 2020, 12:09 am
Foreigners barred from Tel Aviv marathon amid coronavirus fears
Municipality says it is following Health Ministry instructions, will only permit the 40,000 local participants to run; athletes from abroad will be reimbursed
By ToI Staff
Illustrative picture of a #MeToo supporter of the online campaign against sexual abuse and harassment (nito100/Getty Images/iStock)
January 28, 2019, 12:57 pm
Top panel recommends reform of sexual harassment policies
Plan includes empowering prevention officers, allowing online filing of complaints, public awareness campaign; critics warn initiative is underfunded
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Students visit the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp site in Oświęcim, Poland, April 16, 2015. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
February 1, 2018, 11:12 pm
Education Ministry vows it will ‘tell the truth’ to youth trips visiting Poland
Tour guides at Holocaust sites will not be deterred by local law against putting blame for Nazi atrocities on Polish nation, head of ministry says
By ToI Staff
Illustrative image of an empty classroom. (recep-bg/iStock by Getty images)
December 1, 2017, 4:56 pm
High school teachers cancel planned strike against student violence
Union calls off work stoppage after Education Ministry promises Knesset will advance bill to protect teachers
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks out across the Negev during a special cabinet meeting at the Sde Boker academy to mark 40 years since the passing of Israel's first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, November 10, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
October 15, 2017, 5:48 pm
Desert research, education center threatened with closure
Midreshet Ben Gurion says Education Ministry withholding funds for ideological reasons; ministry accuses school of overspending
By Sue Surkes
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