Education Ministry

School transportation for children from 20 villages in Naqab (Negev) region ground to sudden halt after regional council blames Israeli Education Ministry for failing to transfer funds.

Israeli authorities have twice violated a court decision to provide school buses for 3- and 4-year-old Bedouin preschool children from villages in the desert south.

Be'er Sheva court hears update on Adalah petition calling on Israeli authorities to build school bus stops in Bedouin villages in Naqab (Negev) desert.

3- and 4-year-old kids from unrecognized Bedouin villages in southern desert region still unable to attend preschools as Israel fails to provide transportation despite court ruling.

Agreement between Education Ministry and local councils allows petitioners' children to return to preschool immediately, provides solution for kids from other unrecognized Bedouin villages.

Education Ministry had promised school transport for kids aged 3 and 4 living in unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Naqab desert.

Adalah petitions District Court against city's decision to use new building as a new sciences school, in violation of prior commitments.

Adalah appealed ministry directive in May 2016, demanding Arab students have access to the same benefits and considerations granted to Hebrew-speaking students taking exam.

Adalah: Ministry directive accommodates students speaking Hebrew, other foreign languages while excluding Arabic-speaking students.