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NEWS
Education Ministry Funding for Privileged Organizations
By Betzalel Kahn
While the Justice Ministry constantly undermines budget
funding for chareidi education based on claims that the
budgeting fails to meet various criteria of fairness, when it
comes to the secular education system, anything goes. The
Marker revealed that several paragraphs of the Education
Ministry budget were specially drafted to fit certain
organizations in such a way that other organizations would
not be able to benefit from the funding.
The special funding was discovered during a check by the
Justice Ministry and the Finance Ministry's General
Accounting Department. According to the report, some of the
organizations entitled to receive this funding are even
headed by former Education Ministry officials, making the
entire process even more suspect, if not illegal.
At the Wingate Institute, for example, the former director of
the Education Ministry's Sports Administration, Dr. Shuki
Dekel, serves as head of the managing committee. Similarly
Eliezer Shmueli, who serves as board chairman of Hamifal -
Educational Children's Homes and board chairman of the Youth
Hostel Association used to work as the director of the
Education Ministry.
Following the report, the Movement for Quality Government
contacted Education Minister Yuli Tamir and Attorney General
Mani Mazuz, demanding an immediate inquiry into the affair
and that clear criteria be set. She was also asked for a
thorough inquiry into claims that former Education Ministry
employees are working at organizations that receive the
special funds, which raises suspicions of criminal
conduct.
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