SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: The next generations of Israelis will be illiterate, uneducated and as a result, increasingly racist and religiously fanatic.

The next generations of Israelis will be illiterate, uneducated and as a result, increasingly racist and religiously fanatic.

Shaiel Ben-Ephraim

@academic_la

The Israeli education system is utterly collapsing. That is one of the main reasons for the move of the country towards complete genocidal theocratic barbarity. The numbers are stark:  

1) Only 3% of ninth-graders tested in science in 2025 reached the ministry's own curriculum-compliance threshold. 54% failed the test outright. English in ninth grade, published about two weeks earlier: roughly 20% of students met the standard the ministry expects. The Education Ministry cancelled the publication of the numbers.   

2) Teachers are not qualified to teach. In elementary school, only 25.4% of Hebrew teachers, 37.0% of mathematics teachers have a matching academic or training background. In junior high and high school the numbers are between 65%-75%. In many cases, the least qualified teachers are the ones with the most longevity.   

3) The teachers are becoming less and less qualified: the share holding a first degree from a university fell from 38.6% in 2011 to 32.1% in 2020. By subject, to 2022: language teachers with a university degree fell from 55.1% to 41.7%, mathematics from 37.3% to 31.2%, English from 41.5% to 35.3% and now the numbers are no longer being published but are reportedly getting worse annually.   

4) There is a shortage of 30,871 qualified teachers, leading to overcrowding in classrooms and decreased academic achievement.   

5) This is starting to show mong adults. 38% of Israeli adults aged 25 to 64 sit at the lowest level of reading literacy, against an OECD average of 27%, placing Israel fifth from the bottom among developed countries.  

6) 420,000 students studied in Haredi education, elementary and post-elementary, many of whom either do not study core subjects like English and math at all, or do so very partially. They are now 27% of students in Hebrew education and 21% of all students in Israel. By 2050 their numbers are set to increase 211%.   

The next generations of Israelis will be illiterate, uneducated and as a result, increasingly racist and religiously fanatic. This is partially a matter of policy and partially a matter of demography. Everything you are seeing going wrong with Israel today will only get worse. Much worse.