Israel's Education Ministry to beef up funding for school field trips

Subsidy will be set according to the schools' social and economic situation: Wealthier schools will get 40 percent of the cost of field trips and schools in poorer areas will get up to 80 percent.

By Lior Dattel and Asaf Shtull-Trauring | 03:15 14.08.12 |

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The government will spend NIS 270 million to subsidize annual field trips as from the next school year, Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar said Monday.

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Israel's Education Ministry to beef up funding for school field trips

Subsidy will be set according to the schools' social and economic situation: Wealthier schools will get 40 percent of the cost of field trips and schools in poorer areas will get up to 80 percent.

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