The Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Biton and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Orit Farkash-HaCohen are promoting an inter-ministerial five-year program to make studies accessible from the content world of the high-tech world promoting scientific thinking from an early age. The program will start as a pilot - in the second half of the next year in HTB
The Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha-Biton and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Orit Farkash-HaCohen are promoting an inter-ministerial five-year program to make studies accessible from the content world of the high-tech world promoting scientific thinking from an early age.
The program, which will begin as a pilot - in the second half of next year in Israel - will expose the students to computer science, robotics and other fields of knowledge, as a tool to promote technological excellence, and to deepen scientific thinking among Israeli students. The program will help expand future human capital reserves for employment in high-tech professions and adapt it to the challenges of the changing labor market of the 21st century.
The collaboration between Minister Shasha Biton and Minister Farkash HaCohen was created due to the deep crisis in today's lack of human capital in high-tech and due to the desire to expose children to this field at an early age. The service formulates the program together with the professional teams of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Innovation who began their work with TOP15. The stages of work, the process of assimilating the program into the system and the adaptation of innovative pedagogies that prepare students for the world of employment of the future will be defined. Also, studies show that this field will have a direct and significant impact on social leadership.
In order to ensure the continued quality of human capital, which drives the engine of Israeli science, innovation and high-tech, and to meet the government's goal of 15% employed in high-tech in the long term, the ministry decided to work to integrate high-tech studies into the formal education system from the very beginning. To date, most of the studies in these fields have taken place in the informal systems in a non-mandatory enrichment format and not as part of the regular state curriculum.
Today, only about 10% of high school students in Israel are examined for matriculation in an advanced subject in one of the "high-tech subjects" (mathematics, physics, computer science). These professions are prioritized both by the universities and by the employers and are considered as professions that predict success in integrating into future employment in the high-tech industry. In addition, there is a decrease in student interest in these fields as well as gaps compared to other countries according to OECD data. The purpose of the proposed program is to expand the supply to expose the students to the variety of possibilities offered by the industry and thus significantly increase the percentage of graduates of the "high-tech professions" within five years, all this in order to ensure the expansion of the human capital potential required for academia and industry, which is getting stronger and stronger.
England, Japan and Singapore already operate a similar program
Leading countries in the world in the fields of technology and hi-tech (such as England, Japan, Singapore, etc.) have similar programs since kindergarten.
The Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance have already expressed support for the program and later the ministries will come up with a joint government decision on the issue, which will include the phases of the program and the phases of its assimilation into the education system. First as a pilot that will start already in the next half of the year in high school, after that the elementary classes will enter and when fully matured the program will start already in preschool.
The Minister of Education and Higher Education, Dr. Yifat Shasha Biton: "We must allow each student to develop in the field that interests him and in which he brings out his strengths. Therefore, it is our job to make the various worlds of content accessible to the students, including the high-tech world that Israel is considered a powerhouse in the field. I thank Sarah Orit Farkash HaCohen for the fruitful cooperation between us."
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Orit Parkash HaCohen: "This is a step that affects every home in Israel and is a significant part of my vision to turn the world of Israeli innovation and technology into an engine of social change that will increase the economic resilience of every home in Israel. The State of Israel joins the leading countries in the world in the field of high-tech that encourage educational programs that prepare the younger generation for computer studies from preschool to high school. The Israeli high-tech market is thirsty for quality manpower and is in a serious problem of a lack of suitable human capital. This plan prompts a response in the long term, along with, of course, steps to address the issue in the short term. This is an investment in the thing that is most precious to us - but it is natural and essential that our children get to know and learn the language of the computer world from a young age, a world that is intertwined and affects every area of our lives and that will also help their financial future. Thank you to the Minister of Education and the TOP15 team for committing to this important national initiative."
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It's amazing that all the media fall for this ridiculous title. Aalek journalists. I have been a high school computer science teacher for five years. Here are the facts:
A. There is still no budget at all for the State of Israel.
B. There are no teachers. Already today, only high schools and divisions lack over 400 computer science teachers alone, not to mention physics and other sciences. Go check what is happening in the system. We are begging computer science teachers and closing majors even in Gush Dan, not to mention the periphery. Schools are even willing to accept teachers even to study from home without coming to work.
third. No training. Computer science teacher training takes at least a year. Every year, only a few tens of computer science teachers finish the training course, and two and a half do not survive in the system.
All these things are known at least since I have been in the system.
In short, there is no possibility, neither bears nor flies. To start a move like the minister wants, at least 1,000 teachers are required, who have undergone training, that is, a minimum of one year - assuming that she has 1,000 teachers ready. And she doesn't. not even close.
If she was talking about a 5-7 year process, it would make sense if they started tomorrow morning. But she is a politician, and I find it hard to believe that she would start something that would end long after she was no longer in office. I hope you get lost.
High-tech is very important, but why is the part of biology taken away as an important part of techno-scientific progress? Maybe because studying biology without evolution is like studying physics without Newton. Yes, evolution was supposedly returned to the study material back in 2014, if you believe it: https://www.hayadan.org.il/return-of-evolution-to-schools-0106149#comments , but a quick look at the syllabus shows that in the best case she is allocated 8-10 hours of study. Learn more about the flood...