We set out to compare the prices at two of the well-known unofficial schools in the city of Haifa - Harieli and Leo Buck. The real school is unofficially recognized in grades 1,800-32,500, so it can determine the tuition itself. From the XNUMXth grade, the real school is budgeted by the Ministry of Education and therefore the Ministry of Education determines the maximum that the school is allowed to charge from the parents and the monthly price per student drops dramatically. At the Leo Buck school, the payment in the elementary school is significantly lower compared to the real one. The most dramatic gap is in middle school. While in Belio Bak in the XNUMXth and XNUMXth grade the students pay an annual payment of XNUMX NIS per year, in Reali a student in the XNUMXth and XNUMXth grade will pay XNUMX NIS per year. The real school goes towards the parents and allows them to spread the monthly payment in a variety of ways, but of course the amount of the payment does not change.
The payment at the high school in Leo Buck and Rieli is uniform - 6,800 NIS per year. It should be noted that, compared to urban schools in Haifa, where parents have to pay for additional activities - NIS days, trips, graduation parties, etc., the payment at the Leo Bak and Rieli schools includes the accompanying activities. At the same time, the payments in the public schools can reach a maximum of 1,300 NIS per year in high school.
The prices are very similar in the kindergartens in Leo Buck and Real.
Does the payment justify the return?
There is no clear answer to the question of whether the cost of the schools is worth their value. If you check the achievements of the students in all the high schools in Haifa, you can see a gap in favor of Leo Buck and Reali, but not a dramatic gap.
The most dramatic gap is reflected in the percentage of students in the Reali school who complete 5 credits in mathematics, where in the Reali school it is almost half of the students in the last school year that was examined, compared to much lower percentages both in Leo Buck and in the other public schools. At the same time, in my schools The urban school Most of the students finish the XNUMXth grade with a full matriculation certificate.
The level of the buildings in which the students study
The differences are reflected in the buildings in which Leo Buck and Reali students study in contrast to the public schools. Anyone who comes to the campus of the Reali school in Beit Biram, where the high school students study, will be amazed at the level of maintenance and will find it hard to believe that this is a school. On the other hand, there are public schools in Haifa that look almost the same today as they did 40 years ago. Moreover, if you check the level of computerization of the schools and the visibility of the classrooms themselves, you can find very large gaps there as well.
Recent studies show that there is a very large impact on the structure of the school and the environment, where the student learns throughout the school day, and on the experience he has.
The incidents of violence in schools
Another difference between all the schools in Haifa is the rate of incidents of violence within the walls of the schools and the students' orientation towards learning. There is no doubt that parents who choose to invest tens of thousands of shekels per year in some years in the education of one of their children, are parents who will provide a supportive learning environment at home as well and will often convey a message at home that studies are very significant.
The Leo Buck and Reali schools also give exposure to public figures from the entire political spectrum, who come to the schools. These schools have more extracurricular events and activities and more field trips.
At the same time, it cannot be ignored that many believe that everything begins and ends with the child himself. A talented and ambitious child can go far, and it doesn't matter if he ends up in the first grade - at the Reali school or Leo Buck or at a public school.
The last point, which should not be ignored, is that the choice to take thousands of talented students and transfer them from the public education to the recognized non-formal education is very damaging to the public schools, which would have been profitable if these students had attended them.
The response of Yossi Ben Dov, CEO of the Hebrew Reali School:
The Reali School is a recognized non-official school, in grades 1-8, therefore it is lA is budgeted by the Ministry of Education, in grades 9-12 it is also budgeted by the Ministry of Education.
Realigan:
Tuition will be NIS 3,450 per month, linked to the index and paid in 12 installments. The tuition will include all activities in the kindergarten according to the annual work plan.
This rate is net, that is, after the reimbursement to parents for the allowances of the Ministry of Education (if the allowances change, the rate will be updated accordingly).
For grades 1-6:
The annual tuition will be charged in 12 payments of approximately NIS 1,750 per month (annual NIS 21,000) linked to the index, and will include all educational activities.
For grades 7-8:
For a student who will begin his studies in the 1,280th grade and finish his studies in the 15,400th grade, the average multi-year tuition fee will be approximately XNUMX NIS per month (average annual NIS XNUMX).
The annual tuition fee is NIS 32,500 (NIS 26,500 current payment + NIS 6,000 deferred payment).
The annual tuition will be charged in 12 payments of approximately NIS 2,210 per month (annual NIS 26,500) linked to the index, and will include all educational activities.
The deferred tuition fee will be collected in 48 payments of 250 NIS per month (3,000 NIS per year for four years) when the students will study in grades XNUMX-XNUMX where the IQ is lower.
Parents who wish to pay without deferring payments - the full tuition will be charged in 12 payments of NIS 2,710 per month (annual NIS 32,500).
The school will act as much as it can to assist families in spreading the tuition payments.
For grades 9-12:
The annual tuition will be charged in 12 payments of approximately NIS 820 per month (annual NIS 6,800 + NIS 3,000 deferred NIS) linked to the index, and will include all educational activities.
The response of Rabbi Ofek Meir, CEO of the Leo Buck school:
For ages 3 to 17, there is an activity until 00:3,300 p.m., including full feeding. The price is NIS XNUMX per month.
At ages 3-6 (sub-compulsory until compulsory kindergarten), until 17:00, including full feeding during the children's activity hours in kindergarten, the price per month is NIS 2,600.
In the elementary school, grades 16 to 30, until 1,400:300 p.m., including club: without feeding, the price is XNUMX NIS. Those interested in feeding will be required to add XNUMX NIS per month.
In middle school (grades 180 to XNUMX) the payment is XNUMX NIS per month.
In high school (grades 680 to XNUMX) the price is XNUMX NIS per month.
Education is very expensive. I am lucky that my children studied at the center
As a parent who transferred his daughters to Reali from a public school - a difference of heaven and earth.
The population is better, the teachers are better, and most importantly my girls are happier.
I would be happy if they would get the same in a public school, but the gap is really big.
The biggest difference is unsaid!
Beit Biram High School (Harieli) has grass and a pool and in Liobek there is asbestosis, a lack of transparency and a lack of basic physical stability.
It is only important to note that an asbestos removal project is now underway in the Leobek high school building. And currently next year's studies will begin in alternative buildings
From personal experience.
The real thing is just an image and marketing balloon.
Cases of violence are swept under the carpet.
In the article they did not say a word about the neglected and crumbling buildings of the elementary schools.
A huge percentage of the crazy tuition budget goes to maintenance, electricity, security at the entrance and marketing-
Expenses financed by the municipality and the Ministry of Education in public schools.
And by the way, a large percentage of the students come from the families of port workers/electricity company workers/permanent immigrants, who receive a tuition subsidy
There is no "major impact on the structure of the school and the environment"
But rather
"The structure of the school and the environment have a great influence on...."
The high price is a tool to target an unwanted population. The municipality of Haifa and the Ministry of Education should not participate at all in the cost of these shelters. Those who want privacy will pay for everything. The money you collect should be transferred to schools that are Eshkol Tifoh 10.
Malobek only has the good name he had in the past, from a pedagogical point of view he is in free diving in addition to the administrative and other problems in which he stars. In my opinion, Reali and Urban have overtaken him a long time ago.
Education only for the rich, education only for those who have rich parents, but a socialist country
As a teacher in the education system in Haifa, there is no justification for the crazy tuition that Reali charges in middle school and in high school, it is excessive. The gaps are not that big between Lavek and Reali and the other Haifa high schools. There are excellent teachers and good teams outside of Reali and Ubek as well. This is a scam that also depends on wealthy parents who say: "My son or daughter studies in Reali" just forgot to tell them that they pay over 80,000 NIS for a division while in a normal school they pay 3000 for three years. In addition, high school students in Reali and in Lavak are no different from the rest of the nation and they also take private lessons because Not everyone understands the material. It must be remembered that many teachers in Laobek are afraid to open up and express themselves due to fear of the management, and in reality left-wing organizations, including those who persecute the Israel Defense Forces, are encouraged by the management.
A few days ago an article was broadcast about Israelis who went to Portugal and were amazed at how cheap it is to live in the country. They are required to send their children to international or private schools. They boasted there, that for a child's private education they pay only 400 euros per month.
And here in the article are the amounts for private education in Haifa: NIS 1300-1800 per month. That is: 400-500 euros, just like the Israelis who are happy to pay "really little" for private education in Portugal.
So please don't complain. A few hundred euros is also what you will pay in European countries that are "so cheap" for your children's education if you live there.
I suggest that the state take Haifa as a test city for complete privatization of the education system. Each family will pay for the education they will receive and in return a taxation model will be implemented in a pilot in Haifa that will return to working families a tax credit equal to the total amount paid.
I never understood the gap between the high tuition fees, between the advantages that the teachers and school administrators often emphasized to the students at the Reali School, and on the other hand, their demand for "and frugality to go" if they "pimp" a child that only the rich, only the talented, and only the special are able to study at Ayali then How do they require a child to "be modest"
I studied in Reali for 12 years and when I left for the army and for life I hid it so they wouldn't think I was arrogant. After all, "and the austerity goes" is so hypocritical.