Policy Paper 194 | English and the Ultra - Orthodox : A Very Foreign Languageiv The Extent of English Education in Haredi Schools Whereas a clear majority of Haredi girls in elementary education attend schools that are required to teach English, and virtually all of them do study the subject, the situation is different among boys : While 58 % of boys in Haredi elementary education attend schools that are required to teach a complete or partial English curriculum and are budgeted to do so, in practice only 24 % of Haredi parents report that their sons actually study English in school . Nevertheless, the Ministry of Education rarely cuts the budgets of schools that do not teach English as required, despite having the authority to do so . Studies of representative samples show that much higher percentages of Haredi boys study other core subjects, especially math . Moreover, the proportion of Haredi boys who study English in school has been declining over the years : whereas 24 % of boys s...
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