OECD compares education Israel's classes and pay

Sep 29

Kan presents the annual OECD education comparison: Israel averages 27 pupils in a primary classroom against 20 across the OECD, ranking second behind Chile, with high secondary-school crowding as well. The report says 2024 classroom density was 32 percent above the OECD average. It compares kindergarten teachers' pay, primary and middle-school teachers' shortfall of nine percent and high-school teachers' shortfall of seven percent. The broadcast and graphic label a displayed annual-pay figure in shekels. It distinguishes high aggregate education spending from low spending per pupil in a country with a high birth rate. These are the report's comparative findings, not a new Israeli pay agreement.

Kan presents Education at a Glance 2026 findings showing large Israeli classes, teacher-pay differences by school level and low spending per pupil despite high total education spending. Its displayed pay amount is labeled in shekels in both transcript and footage. These are comparative report findings, with no new wage settlement or policy decision established. The OECD releases Education at a Glance 2026. Tagesschau reports that 41 percent of young Germans gain university or higher vocational qualifications, up 11 percentage points since 2015, and that 34 percent of university degrees are in STEM, while adding the report’s warning about teacher shortages. Weltwoche gives the domestic STEM comparison as 34 percent versus 23 percent across the OECD and the international-student comparison as 51 versus 30 percent. Köppel sees these skills as grounds for optimism. The accounts describe different compatible selections from the same German findings.