Professor Yaron Zelekha, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, called on the State of Israel to stop blaming Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews for its social and economic ills and begin providing its share of scholarships for funding the academic education of Haredi students who need assistance in obtaining key tools for their integration into the labor market. In a personal column in the newspaper Yisrael Hayom, Zelekha also noted that more than 90% of the students studying accounting at Ono Academic College’s ultra-Orthodox campus pass the licensing exam given by the Auditors Council. Sometimes, their pass rate reaches 97% and 100%. He added that their grades on the exam are outstanding and some Haredi students (both male and female) have even been awarded Medals of Excellence.

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