Another education reform won't help without the right person at the helm | Yair Bar Kol

Yair Bar Kol argues that educational reforms will not succeed without a professional education minister with a broad vision and no political ambitions. He calls for a strategic national plan, delegation of authority to local authorities, and integration of external frameworks. He criticizes the politicization of the Ministry of Education and urges parties to address this in elections.

Yair Bar Kol, a columnist for Maariv, argues that additional educational reforms will not help without appointing a professional education minister of stature, broad-minded and free of excessive political ambitions. He emphasizes that streamlining the system, structural changes, a revolution in teacher compensation, and privatization alone will not improve the quality of education. Bar Kol calls for formulating a comprehensive strategic national plan, including delegating authority to local authorities and integrating external frameworks into educational processes. He criticizes the politicization of the Ministry of Education in the current government and calls on party candidates to address this in their campaigns.