A plan devised by an Israeli educator to provide a “second chance” at schooling for rural youngsters in underdeveloped countries was included in a report presented to President Johnson by the International Conference on the World Crisis in Education which just concluded its sessions at Williamsburg, Virginia.
Author of the plan is Dr. Chanoch Rinott, former director general of the Israel Ministry of Education and Culture and now advisor to the chairman of the Jewish Agency, It is based on the educational experiences of Israel in pre-vocational training among children from backward countries and is primarily for children who never went to school or who dropped out. The curriculum, up to two year’s duration with additional periods of further study, is geared to the needs of rural agricultural communities where children and teachers are required for several months of the year to help sow and harvest crops.
Dr. Rinott was one of two Israeli delegates attending the 52-nation parley at Williamsburg. The other was Dr, Yosef Ben David, professor of sociology at the Hebrew University.
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