Parent Empowerment Courses
Parent Empowerment Courses
Hila’s Parent Empowerment Courses offer parents information and practical tools to improve their child’s level of education and diagnose local educational problems.
Each course consists of 10 meetings of approximately 15 participants and they are conducted nationwide in areas that are in need of higher educational quality and better matriculation rates.
The agenda deals with parent and student rights; laws, policies, and procedures governing the educational system; the importance of active parent involvement in schools; and the individual learning process of their child.
The course provides parents with the skills to positively influence their children’s education.
IMPLEMENTORS
Hila - For Equality in Education
Hila was established on the principle that equal access to education and equal educational services for all, is a basic civil right. Hila provides parents with information of their rights and legal assistance to see them implemented. Israel has a fairly good education system. However, too often, a family’s financial status, educational level and – sometimes – ethnic origin determine their children’s educational opportunities. Consequently, only 1 out of 10 students enteri ...