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Israel/Palestine

shira

(30,109 posts) Mon May 23, 2016, 08:00 PM May 2016

(Israel) Education Ministry plans Arabic lessons for all fifth graders [View all]

Cue the bigots calling this a conspiracy since Israel can do nothing right, ever.

The Education Ministry plans to introduce spoken Arabic lessons for all students in the fifth grade.

The new scheme will be piloted in a handful of locations at the start of the next school year, before being expanded to every school in Israel, Walla reports.

At present, Arabic literature is only taught from 10th grade and while compulsory on paper, teaching of the subject not enforced by the ministry. Previous attempts to introduce spoken Arabic for fifth graders proved successful only in areas of Haifa and northern Israel, the report says.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/education-ministry-plans-arabic-lessons-for-all-fifth-graders/

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