Kisch screwed the system
Education Minister Yoav Kisch ordered the cancellation of Meitzav exams and the cessation of cooperation with RAMA. An opinion column on ynet claims this step takes Israel back 22 years, while denying facts and deteriorating PISA scores to 43rd place in the world.
Education Minister Yoav Kisch ordered the cancellation of the Meitzav exams in mathematics, Hebrew, science, and English for the current school year, and the cessation of cooperation with the National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation (RAMA). This was reported in an opinion column by Merav Batito on ynet. The writer claims that this step takes the Israeli education system back 22 years, to an era without uniform tools for measuring achievements. She links the establishment of RAMA in 2005 to Israel's joining the OECD in 2010, and argues that Kisch is acting according to a political method he learned from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: denial of facts and covering up failures. The article notes the unprecedented decline in Israel's PISA scores, reaching 43rd place in achievement levels, and the large gaps in education. The writer asserts that Kisch is exploiting the education system for his political needs and transferring coalition funds to yeshivas whose students do not bear the burden. The article ends with a call to prevent Kisch from continuing in his role.