Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sports

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The Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sport (Hebrew: ועדת החינוך, התרבות והספורט, Vaadat hinuh ha, ha-Tarbut ve-ha-sport) is a Knesset committee which deals with education, culture, sports and arts in Israel.

The committee was established in 1949, during the tenure of the 1st Knesset convocation. The current acting chairman of the committee is member of the Yisrael Beiteinu party Alex Miller.

As a commission for education, the committee deals with all matters related to education: regarding schools, kindergartens, education in specific sectors, private education, teaching materials, the teachers, development and investment in various areas, the education budget, financial support for poor students, the education of students with learning disabilities and the higher education in Israel. The committee also discusses the treatment of various current trends and behaviors among Israeli teens which are widely perceived as negative and how to prevent them.

As a commission for Culture, Sport and Arts, the committee deals with promoting the culture in Israel in three different languages: Hebrew, Arabic and Yiddish.

The committee also deals with all matters related to the various branches of sports in Israel, especially the most popular ones: soccer, basketball, volleyball and swimming.

Chairmen of the Commission[]

  • Shoshana Parsitz (1st Knesset convocation, 2nd Knesset convocation, 3rd Knesset convocation)
  • Elimelekh Rimalt (4th Knesset convocation)
  • Moshe Kol (5th Knesset convocation, 6th Knesset convocation, 7th Knesset convocation)
  • (7th Knesset convocation, 8th Knesset convocation)
  • Aharon Yadlin (9th Knesset convocation)
  • Ora Namir (9th Knesset convocation, 10th Knesset convocation)
  • Nachman Raz (11th Knesset convocation)
  • Michael Bar-Zohar (12th Knesset convocation)
  • Dalia Itzik (13th Knesset convocation )
  • Avraham Burg (13th Knesset convocation)
  • Emanuel Zisman (14th Knesset convocation )
  • Zevulun Orlev (15th Knesset convocation )
  • (15th Knesset convocation )
  • (16th Knesset convocation)
  • Avraham Poraz (16th Knesset convocation)
  • Ilan Shalgi (16th Knesset convocation)
  • Michael Melchior (17th Knesset convocation)
  • Zevulun Orlev (18th Knesset convocation)
  • Alex Miller (18th Knesset convocation)

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