President Isaac Ben Zvi and Education Minister Ben Zion Dinur yesterday addressed the 50th anniversary meeting of the Hebrew Teachers Association at Zichron Yaacov, where the organization was founded. A message from Premier David Ben Gurion hailed the achievements of Israel’s teachers and declaring that the national education bill unifying the “trend” school systems was the most important bill since the state was established.
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