Bais Yaakov teachers will now be eligible for early
retirement just like teachers in the general education
system.
MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni spent a prolonged period of time trying
to persuade various officials at the Education Ministry and
the Budget Department of the Finance Ministry of the
necessity of the change. Until now only teachers employed in
the official government and government-religious school
systems were eligible for early retirement.
To bring about the change numerous meetings were held with
officials from the Finance Ministry, the Civil Service
Commission, the Education Ministry and even the Knesset
Education Committee, which reached a decision to require the
Finance and Education Ministries to allow teachers at
chareidi schools to opt for early retirement with the same
benefits granted to teachers in the mainstream sector.
The Union of Agudas Yisroel Teachers was recently notified of
the new policy to allow early retirement in accordance with
the quota in the general education system. Speaking in the
name of the teachers, Union Chairman Rabbi Shlomo
Karelenstein thanked Rabbi Gafni for his persistent efforts
to make early retirement available to Bais Yaakov teachers as
well.
