Here, the jelly of the Jews in skullcaps sitting next to men and women of Ethiopia, who sat next to Arabs at a leather jacket and keffiyahs, with secular Jews and Muslim women in hijab is mixed in. And all of them are there for discussing grassroots change in education.
Seminar participants came from the working community in Hila to advocate for students and parental rights in education through community centres and establishing hotlines, running publications, parent meetings, and provide legal advice and assistance.
The weekend consists of lectures, panels, workshops, and personal consulting which focuses on the stages (matriculation) exams, a growing problem in Israel.
According to the center of Adva, only 46.1% of students passed the examination stage of Israel, and this, only 39.5% of students graduate at a rate that is required to go to college or University.