{"id":30328,"date":"2023-05-03T07:21:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T07:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/?post_type=news&#038;p=30328"},"modified":"2024-03-21T10:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T10:38:11","slug":"wheres-the-money","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/news\/wheres-the-money\/","title":{"rendered":"?Where\u2019s the Money"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Ono Scholar Critiques Government\u2019s Free Pre-School Program. Where\u2019s the Money?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In an interview Israel Army Radio\u2019s (Galei Tzahal) \u201cThe Method\u201d program, Ono Academic College Professor Yaron Zelekha discussed the government\u2019s plan to offer free pre-schooling for Israel\u2019s youth.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Prof. Zelekha is President of Ono Academic College\u2019s Higher Academic Council and Director of Accountancy Studies.\u00a0 From 2003 \u2013 2007, Prof. Zelekha completed a full term as the Accountant General of the State of Israel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotritch presented the first phase of the program for free education from age of 0 to 3, which includes a grant of up to NIS 940 per month<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In response, Prof. Zelekha noted that the government\u2019s deficit is expanding and this program represents a distribution of money to the public that Israeli society doesn&#8217;t have. He believes while free pre-school may be a public good, it will have to be paid for by someone, and that \u201csomeone\u201d is us.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To listen to the whole interview, click here:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radio\/2023\/05\/01\/12125485.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ifatmediasite.com\/ms\/radio\/2023\/05\/01\/12125485.mp3<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-30329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/Yaron-Zelekha.png\" alt=\"Professor Yaron Zelekha\" width=\"195\" height=\"195\" \/><\/figure>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ono Scholar Critiques Government\u2019s Free Pre-School Program. Where\u2019s the Money? In an interview Israel Army Radio\u2019s (Galei Tzahal) \u201cThe Method\u201d program, Ono Academic College Professor Yaron Zelekha discussed the government\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":30309,"menu_order":317,"template":"","class_list":["post-30328","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categories_news-updates_news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/30328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ono.ac.il\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}