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However, these were probably not schools in the traditional sense but rather an apprenticeship system located in the family. [1] The total literacy rate of Jews in Israel in the first centuries c.e. was "probably less than 3%". While this may seem very low by today's standards, it was relatively high in the ancient world.
Israel operates an Arab education system for the Israeli-Arab minority, teaching Arab students, in Arabic, about their history and culture. Israel is a signatory of the Convention against Discrimination in Education, and ratified it in 1961. The convention has the status of law in Israeli courts. [58]
An analysis of Israeli textbooks in 2000 by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace (CMIP), now known as the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education, found that the legitimacy of the State of Israel as an independent Jewish state on the territory of the Land of Israel and the immigration of Jews to the country was never questioned.
In the Vedic system, a child started his education at 8 to 12, whereas in the Buddhist system, the child started his education at the age of eight. The main aim of education in ancient India was to develop a person's character, master the art of self-control, bring about social awareness, and conserve and take forward ancient culture.
Jewish education has been valued since the birth of Judaism.In the Hebrew Bible Abraham is lauded for instructing his offspring in God's ways. [3] One of the basic duties of Jewish parents is to provide for the instruction of their children as set forth in the first paragraph of the Shema Yisrael prayer: “Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day.
Many kibbutzim also went through a process of privatization, and higher education became prevalent, together with a decrease in the prominence of agriculture. [12] Ora Aviezer explains: [13] Collective education can be regarded as a failure. The family as the basic social unit has not been abolished in kibbutzim.
The Streams Method in Israeli education refers to the ideological and party-based division of education in Israel. [1] This method was practiced in the Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel and later among the Jewish public in the State of Israel from the 1920s until the enactment of the State Education Law on August 12, 1953. [2]
The Idea of Israel was published by Verso Books in 2014. [2]The Guardian published a book review by Avi Shlaim.Shlaim wrote that The Idea of Israel observes Zionism under an "uncompromising lens", and thought highly of the author's expertise in the subject matter, for "he is one of the few Israeli students of the conflict who write about the Palestinian side with real knowledge and empathy". [1]