Education

Education Minister Yoav Gallant: We will not allow organizations that call Israel an 'apartheid state' to lecture to students who are about to enlist in the military.

Center for Middle Eastern Classical Music is awarding academic credit for its theoretical course that cover classical music from Persia, Turkey, India, Greece, and North Africa.

Blue and White's Michal Cotler-Wunsch says she hopes legislation requiring mandatory Arabic language studies in Jewish schools "will provide the path forward to mutual recognition, enhanced conversation, coexistence, and sustainable peace with additional peoples and countries in our region and beyond."

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study places Israel ninth in math and fifth in science. "The credit goes to all the teachers, principals, education system, and our understanding that Israel's future depends on the scientific and mathematical power of its people," says former Education Minister Naftali Bennett.

Hundreds of students from Iran, Jordan, Sudan, and other Arab countries have signed up for Tel Aviv University’s online course on the history of Islam. "I have rediscovered my roots," Syrian student writes.

Knesset Education Committee axes idea to hold open-air classes. Health Minister Yuli Edelstein: First and second grades will only be in school part-time.

"Sesame Street Podcast with Foley & Friends" aims to help children who might be struggling with distance learning.

Parents worried about the emotional effects of children being cut off from their peers and their routines, while high school students are worried about their matriculation exams.

"Reading books is an important cornerstone in acquiring education and knowledge at any age," says Education Minister Yoav Gallant.

Professor Shiri Navon-Venezia becomes the first representative of Ariel University to sit on the Council for Higher Education's Planning and Budgeting Committee, which sets the budgets for all of Israel's academic institutions.