THE TEACHERS

The teachers ought to be among the most prominent of the professionals , but their meagre pay does not reflect their vital service to society . I am placing the teachers at the beginning because they are the key to all systems of education . It is to the credit of the public that they still hold the teaching profession in high esteem . This was revealed in a survey carried out a few years ago by Dr . Vered Kraus of Haifa University . On a scale of 100 , the rating of school principals and school teachers varied between 93 and 78 . About 180 other occupations were ranked below them . It is gratifying that the public appreciates the work of the teachers . However ; this does not alter the fact that , given an option , the profession does not rank high in the career decisions of young men and women . In 1982 / 83 , the number of filled teaching posts in the Hebrew school system totalled 69 , 330 . * In elementary grades , only 15 per cent of the teachers held academic degrees . Half of al...  אל הספר
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