Israeli government ministers have decided to allow the first three grades of elementary schools and the last two grades of high schools to resume studies starting this coming Sunday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Friday, while preschools and kindergartens remain closed for an additional week.
Grades 4-10 will be opened up gradually during the month of May.
In charedi schools, however, learning will resume next week for grades 6-8 and 11-12, instead of grades 1-3.
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Is there a reason for these grades? Seems like it was picked out of a hat.
Because 11th and 12th have the bagruot coming up (equivelant probably harder though to regents). They missed out a lot learning and it’s after shavuos. THey must catch up. I understood 7th and 8th grades too; they need to be prepared for High School. THe math standards are extremely high so they too missed out on a lot of prep. The 1-3 I understood was because they are the least prone or most immuned to covid19.
No religious schools will be open in Israel soon.
Really May 3rd, not 10th.