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Israeli school system shafts children of olim, says ministry
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: israel news 

The Education Ministry does not properly address the needs of children
born in Israel to immigrant parents, the Immigrant Absorption Ministry said on Sunday ahead of its annual symposium on the subject.

In 2008, there were 210,381 immigrant children in Israeli educational
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nstitutions, the Absorption Ministry said.

"Most (63 percent) of these children were born in Israel to immigrant parents, yet the education system views only children who were born abroad as immigrant students," the Absorption Ministry said in a statement. "Therefore, the needs of Israeli-born immigrant children are not properly met."

The Education Ministry did not respond by press time.

Also, in 2008 there were 235,567 immigrant children in Israel, or 10 percent of all residents under age 18. The Absorption Ministry says this figure is proportionally among the highest in the West.

The 2009 Immigrant Children in Israel symposium is set to open on Monday in Jerusalem.

Only 51.5 percent of immigrant students receive a high-school diploma - a
figure 10 points lower than for Israeli-born students. "This gap has not
shrunk in years," the report says.

In 2007, 23.3 percent of all children hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals were immigrant children born abroad, even though they account for only 3.7 percent of the general population.

School dropout rates for immigrant students have risen slightly this year, and are now double the 1.8 percent rate for Israeli-born students.

About 25 percent of all immigrant students are poor. Dr. Yitzhak Kadman,
chairman of the National Council for the Child  which coauthored the report  called on the government to cancel plans to slash childcare allowances for families with dropout children.

"This cut will hurt immigrant children more than anyone because they have a higher dropout rate," he said. "The original sin of having them drop out must not be coupled with the crime of slashing their allowances," he said
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  1.   inmigrant´s children 00:26  |  miguel 06/07/09
  2.   Frightening statistics: immigration to Israel not good for kids. 03:51  |  Hannah 06/07/09
  3.   ministry of education?? 06:27  |  sharon 06/07/09
  4.   support for Olim children 07:03  |  Eli 06/07/09
  5.   #4 - you are right 08:31  |  Sharon 06/07/09
  6.   Solution: Opt Out. Homeschool your kids. 08:53  |  cyclist 06/07/09
  7.   Olim or children of Olim 09:03  |  TW 06/07/09
  8.   statistics are true? 11:57  |  nadav 06/07/09
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