In 1983 , there were about 500 secondary schools , including intermediate schools . Most of these schools have their own science laboratories and science teachels . I have spoken , in an eallieI chapteI , of the need for highly qualified science teachers and the critical teacher problem in physics ; I have also referred to the equipment in the laboratories . Let me add here that the science laboratories are generally op erated during school hours only . They are under-utilized during the rest of the day . The difficulties relating to physics are not unique to Israel . A similar situation exists in the United States ( see "The Crisis in High School Physics" in Physics Today , September 1983 ) . The Israeli authorities will , no doubt , wish to examine how the situation could be remedied whether by way of upgrading the , present science teachers , encouraging more students to seek their careers in science or gh rm would be to change the order of things . Instead of bringing the lab o...
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