Follow the money trail. The Supreme Court says only schools which teach the state curriculum get extra money. The Ultra-Orthodox want the money without changing their curriculum. So, instead of playing by the rules, they get the Ministry to change the rules... According to the article Maths, English and Science also have lost hours.
I assume that Arabic just had less hours to loose. (you can go from 4 to 2, but you can't go from 2 to 0)
The article could easily have been "Education Ministry cuts Maths hours in half" and the Arabic been the footnote, instead of the other way round.
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Follow the money trail.
The Supreme Court says only schools which teach the state curriculum get extra money.
The Ultra-Orthodox want the money without changing their curriculum.
So, instead of playing by the rules, they get the Ministry to change the rules...
According to the article Maths, English and Science also have lost hours.
I assume that Arabic just had less hours to loose.
(you can go from 4 to 2, but you can't go from 2 to 0)
The article could easily have been "Education Ministry cuts Maths hours in half" and the Arabic been the footnote, instead of the other way round.
Robert