Number of Arab teachers in Jewish schools rises by 40%

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1. Israel to Give Arab Teacher Trainees in Galilee Half the Budget of Jewish Peers

Source: Haaretz, Jul 07, 2016

In addition to incentivizing trainee teachers to study subjects that are in high demand like mathematics, Education Ministry cuts budget for Arabic-speaking teachers to be.

A new method of budgeting for students at teacher training colleges will provide Arabic speaking students in the north of the country with just over half the budget that Jewish trainee teachers will receive.

The new program is being implemented by the Education Ministry as a means of encouraging students to study subjects for which there is a lack of teachers, such as mathematics and science.

But in addition to incentivizing students to study subjects for which there is high demand by providing an additional per-student budget, the ministry has decided that the per-student budget for Arabic-speaking trainee teachers in colleges in the north will be only 56 percent of that received by Jewish students.

The new system will not be instituted in the south of the country, where there is a shortage of Bedouin teachers, according to the ministry.

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