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Why is Israel called "the kingdom of education"?
Israel has the highest average years of education in the Middle East and West Asia, and ranks 22nd in the world alongside Japan as the country with the highest average years of education in Asia. According to United Nations data, Israel also has the highest literacy rate in the Middle East.

At the level of secondary education, Israel's education system can be divided into three stages: primary education (1 ~ 6 grade), junior high school (7 ~ 9 grade), followed by senior high school (/kloc-0 ~ 1 2 grade), and compulsory education ranges from1grade to162 grade. Secondary education usually includes helping to prepare for the entrance examination for Israeli universities ().

The college entrance examination consists of several subjects, some of which are compulsory (Hebrew, English, mathematics, Bible education, civics, literature) and some of which are optional (such as chemistry, music, French). In 2003, 56.4% of Israeli students in grade 12 were admitted to universities: 57.4% of Hebrew students and 50.7% of Arab students.

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There are eight universities and dozens of colleges in Israel. According to a survey conducted by Webometrics in 2006, seven of the best 10 universities in the Middle East are located in Israel, and the top four are Israeli universities. However, by June 5438+ 10, 2007, webometrics has calculated that Israeli (and Turkish) universities are tied with European universities.

HebrewUniversityofJerusalem is the only university in the Middle East that ranks in the top 200 in Webometrics statistics, and Israel is also the only country in the Middle East that has a university ranked before SJTU 100 universities (Hebrew University ranks 60th). In addition, among all countries in the Middle East and West Asia, Israel also has the largest number of Yale alumni.

The importance of education:

1. The primary function of education is to promote individual development, including individual socialization and individualization;

2. The most basic function of education is to influence the change of social talent system and economic development. Modern society emphasizes that the economic function of education mainly includes: providing a good background for the sustained and stable development of the economy; Improve the potential labor ability of the educated; Form ideas, attitudes and behaviors that adapt to modern economic life;

3. The social function of education is to cultivate talents for the development of the country and serve the political and economic development of the country.

The most far-reaching function of education is to influence the development of culture. Education should not only convey culture, but also meet the requirements of the continuation and renewal of culture itself.

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