Ministerial committee approves new educational initiatives for Ethiopian IsraelisAn Israeli ministerial committee tasked with promoting the integration of Ethiopian citizens into Israeli society, headed by the Israeli Prime Minister, met this morning (Wednesday) and approved a number of new initiatives for Ethiopian Israeli citizens. The first plan concerns an investment in education, in which the Council for Higher Education will start a program this coming school year that will increase Ethiopian Israelis' access to higher education. The plan will cost an estimated 95 million NIS over the next five years and will be an addition to the provision of approved educational support aimed at increasing the number of Ethiopian students who earn their matriculation certificate and doubling the number of Ethiopian students participating in excellence programs. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also referred to the integration of Ethiopian immigrants into the IDF and called 2016’s increase in integration remarkable. Netanyahu noted the importance of maintaining this trend, adding that “these good results are due to the programs we pushed here.”

Source: Ethiopian News September 06, 2017 16:07 UTC