Rabbi Yisrael Golomb, director of the Agudath Yisrael preschool network, told Kol HaShabbat in an interview that 30% of teachers in the general (non-Haredi) early-education sector are Haredi women with a seminary education. He said the same credentials earn a dramatically higher salary in the general sector, calling the pay gap a discriminatory practice that is collapsing Haredi preschools. The full interview is set to air on Kikar HaShabbat.
Rabbi Yisrael Golomb, director of the Agudath Yisrael daycare network, delivered a new figure in the ongoing Haredi preschool crisis during an interview with Kikar HaShabbat: according to him, 30% of teachers in the general (non-Haredi) early-education sector are Haredi seminary graduates. Golomb argued those teachers hold the same educational qualifications as their counterparts in Haredi-network kindergartens but earn a dramatically higher salary, which he called discrimination that is 'collapsing the entire Haredi preschool system.'
The claim adds a new dimension to a crisis The Zioneer has been tracking: last week Golomb told Radio Kol Hai that the Education Ministry is 'tyrannizing' Haredi preschool teachers over salary and pension disputes, and [on Friday](https://thezioneer.com/en/bulletin/haredi-preschool-crisis-network-heads-threaten-not-to-open-school-year-in-modiin-illit-and-beitar-illit) network heads threatened not to open the school year in Modiin Illit and Beitar Illit. The interview's full content is scheduled to be published by Kikar HaShabbat.
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