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Ministry of Education (Israel)

Government ministry of Israel

Ministry of Education (Israel)
Summary

Government ministry of Israel

FieldValue
agency_nameMinistry of Education
nativename
sealState of Israel Ministry of Education.png
seal_width220px
seal_captionMinistry seal
pictureItalian hospital - ministry of education.JPG
picture_captionMinistry of Education Headquarters
formed1949
preceding1Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport
preceding2Ministry of Education and Culture
jurisdictionGovernment of Israel
budget42 billion New Shekel
headquartersLev Ram Building, Musrara, Jerusalem
coordinates
minister1_nameYoav Kisch
chief1_nameMeir Shimoni
chief1_positionGeneral Director
website

The Ministry of Education (, translit. Misrad HaHinukh; ) is the branch of the Israeli government charged with overseeing public education institutions in Israel. The department is headed by the Minister of Education, who is a member of the cabinet. The ministry has previously included culture and sport, although this is now covered by the Ministry of Culture and Sport.

History

Ministry offices on [[Street of the Prophets]] in [[Jerusalem

In the first decade of statehood, the education system was faced with the task of establishing a network of kindergartens and schools for a rapidly growing student population. In 1949, there were 80,000 elementary school students. By 1950, there were 120,000 - an increase of 50 percent within the span of one year. Israel also took over responsibility for the education of Arab schoolchildren. The first minister of education was Zalman Shazar, later president of the State of Israel. Since 2002, the Ministry of Education has awarded a National Education Award to five top localities in recognizing excellence in investing substantial resources in the educational system.{{Cite news

Activities of organizations in schools

In 2013–2014, the Ministry of Education promoted the regulation of the activities of external parties within the state schools, in a dialogue between the Ministry, the local government, parents' representatives, the business sector and philanthropic parties, as part of what was called "the intersectoral round table in the Ministry of Education". As part of the regulation, the Ministry compiled a database of external programs that have some kind of partnership with a representative from the Ministry of Education's headquarters.

In 2019, a petition was filed by pluralist Jewish organizations against the Ministry of Education due to a procedure that reduces by tens of thousands of shekels the support for the activities of these organizations in schools. In April 2021, the High Court invalidated the procedure in question, and even emphasized the importance of implementing the principles of the Shanhar Committee report on the teaching of Judaism in state education. In November 2021 it was announced that the Ministry of Education is not implementing the High Court ruling and that the damage to those organizations continues.

List of ministers

#MinisterPartyGovernmentsTerm startTerm endNotesMinister of Education and CultureMinister of Education, Culture and SportMinister of EducationMinister of Education, Culture and SportMinister of Education
1Zalman ShazarMapai1
2David RemezMapai2Died in office
3David Ben-GurionMapai2Serving Prime Minister
4Ben-Zion DinurMapai3, 4, 5, 6
5Zalman AranMapai7, 8, 9
6Abba EbanMapai9, 10
–Zalman AranMapai, Alignment11, 12, 13
7Yigal AllonAlignment15, 16
8Aharon YadlinAlignment17
9Zevulun HammerNational Religious Party18, 19, 20
10Yitzhak NavonAlignment21, 22, 23
–Zevulun HammerNational Religious Party24
11Shulamit AloniMeretz25
12Yitzhak RabinLabor25Serving Prime Minister
13Amnon RubinsteinMeretz25, 26
–Zevulun HammerNational Religious Party27Died in office
14Yitzhak LevyNational Religious Party27
15Yossi SaridMeretz28
16Ehud BarakOne Israel28Serving Prime Minister
17Limor LivnatLikud29, 30
18Meir SheetritKadima30
19Yuli TamirLabor31
20Gideon Sa'arLikud32
21Shai PironYesh Atid334 December 2014
22Naftali BennettThe Jewish Home,
New Right3414 May 20152 June 2019
23Rafi PeretzUnion of the Right-Wing Parties3417 June 201917 May 2020
24Yoav GallantLikud3517 May 202013 June 2021
25Yifat Shasha-BitonNew Hope3613 June 202129 December 2022
26Yoav KischLikud3729 December 2022

References

References

  1. [http://www.financeisrael.mof.gov.il/FinanceIsrael/Docs/En/publications/StateBudgetProposal2013-2014.pdf State Budget Proposal for Fiscal Years 1023-1024] {{webarchive. link. (2013-10-09 Ministry of Finance)
  2. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VEUZbPc-h2gC&dq=first+education+minister+israel&pg=PA58 The Retreat from Public Education: Global and Israeli Perspectives, Orit Ichilov]
  3. "בג"ץ פסל נוהל של משרד החינוך שפגע בתמיכה בפעילות ארגוני יהדות פלורליסטים". הארץ.
  4. "משרד החינוך מתעלם מפסיקת בג"ץ: פרסם נוהל שפוגע בארגוני יהדות פלורליסטיים". הארץ.
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