2,000 School Principals Announce Cessation of Cooperation with Ministry of Education
The "Manhigim" organization has announced a boycott of school year opening conferences and the suspension of data synchronization with the ministry. The move follows grievances over teacher shortages and administrative decisions that principals claim are harming the education system. "Patience has run out," they stated.
A rebellion of principals? 2,000 school principals are halting cooperation with the Ministry of Education and intensifying their struggle after their appeal to Minister of Education Yoav Kisch went unanswered.
The principals, representing two thousand schools across the country, claim they are ceasing cooperation with the Ministry of Education just before the start of the school year. This action involves a significant portion of the education system's leadership belonging to the "Manhigim" organization.
According to the organizers, these principals are boycotting the Ministry of Education's school year opening conferences. Furthermore, they have initiated digital sanctions: halting the transfer and synchronization of data interfaces with the ministry until further notice. The move is driven by the ongoing crisis in the education system and a series of restrictive demands from the ministry.
They assert that this time they do not intend to remain silent or allow the Ministry of Education to sweep the crisis under the rug:
"The leaders on the ground are determined to fight until the damage to the education system stops."
The severing of contact follows a series of decisions that have created an impossible reality on the ground, directly harming students.
It is further claimed that due to the "stay hours" agreement, the ministry's concession to the Teachers' Union forces principals to rebuild all schedules in the middle of summer vacation. Additionally, there is direct and unaddressed damage to small classes, educational centers, frameworks for at-risk youth, and more.
Avigail Samin, co-chair of the "Manhigim" organization, stated:
"The Ministry of Education is mistaken if it thinks that principals will continue to remain silent and operate as if everything is normal. 2,000 school principals are saying clearly today: patience has run out. We are stopping cooperation with the ministry until they take responsibility and provide a real response to the crisis.
We will not continue to allow the education system to collapse while expecting school principals to absorb everything. This time, the principals are standing together, and we will not take our foot off the gas until real change occurs."
