"The government will provide a good education, and the parents should send their children to learn what is necessary for them to become useful citizens and cultured people"

This is what Nobel laureate Prof. Dan Shechtman, who serves as Acting Chairman of the Wolf Foundation, said at the ceremony announcing the winners last week.

After the Minister of Education Gideon Sa'ar, who is also the chairman of the Wolf Foundation, spoke about the achievements of the education system, according to him, in recent years, during the announcement of the winners of the Wolf Prizes who will come to receive the award, it was the turn of the vice chairman of the Wolf Foundation, Nobel laureate Dan Shechtman make his comments.

"In addition to the actions that the ministry has done, there is an umbrella that hovers over Al - the Compulsory Education Law. A compulsory education law should be a contract between the government and the citizens that says two things: We the government will provide education from the age of 3 to 18. The other side of the agreement should be that every parent sends their children to learn what needs to be learned in order to become a useful citizen and a person among Bar Orin cultures who is well versed in many areas And he has enough background to later acquire a higher education and acquire a profession. It should be an agreement between the state and all citizens and from all citizens to the state." Prof. Shechtman said.
It's just a shame that the foundation's chairman, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar, does not implement this proposal. The minister left immediately after his speech for events related to the elections.

Prof. Shechtman added about the Wolf Prize: "We would like scientists to be role models for the youth, so there is a very important educational aspect to the Wolf Prize. It is important that the young people know who these people are and what they did."

"The Wolf Prize is a very prestigious award. Today I called the winners to inform them that they won the prize and the responses were the same as the lady from the lottery factory called them and it is about the great scientists. They knew it was May, they were really into things. We are supposed to keep this prestige of the Wolf Prize, we have to keep the great name. This is work that my predecessors on the committees, my predecessors who worked to establish the Wolf Prize and bring it to this place did a great job. It is not purchased in one name. There are two components to a good name in awards - one - the way the award is conducted - respectable and acceptable, done with academic excellence. The second thing - who wins the prize. If the academic community says that the person was worthy, that is what we would like to happen. We must protect the good name at all costs, this is the most important thing that the Wolf Prize is."