A story from the economic newspaper TheMarker, which deals with the decrease in number of students who stopped studying chemistry and the lack of professionals with a background in chemistry that will harm industry, education and academia.
Reporters: Ruti Levy and Lior Dattel
The story mentions the report of the Samuel Neaman Institute, published in 2020, which analyzes the state of chemistry studies in the education system. The authors of the report, Prof. Yehudit Judy Dori, Dr. Gabriella Shwartz and Or Shav-Artza, emphasize that the chemistry profession is of national and economic importance to Israel. The report showed a bleak situation regarding the state of the chemistry laboratories, which was defined as bad, and most schools do not have chemistry laboratories at all.
A magazine article from the Israeli news site News1
Reporter: Sharon Magnezi
A magazine article from the Israeli news site Ynet
Reporter: Tamar Trabelsi-Hadad
