The State, IATI and Rashi Foundation will co-invest NIS 6 million in a new technological education enterprise
Oct. 28, 2015
IATI MNC Forum general managers met yesterday with Minister of Education Mr. Naftali Bennet - regarding STEM education Project: a collaboration between the IATI, Ministry of Education and Rashi Foundation for strengthening tech education in Israel. The MNC managers in the event were from Sandisk, HP ,EMC, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Qualcomm, Alcatel Lucent, 3M and Kodak.
A NIS 6 million governmental investment in technological education was announced in the meeting - as the Government and Rashi Foundation will invest 4 NIS for each 1 NIS invested by MNCs who run local R&D centers.
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Presentations from the meeting:
National Programming Olympics. By Dr. Ofer Rimon of Ministry of Education
Future Decoded: Staying Competitive in the R&D Global Environment. By Yoram Yaacovi, GM, Microsoft Israel R&D Center and IATI MNC Forum Co-Chair.
The meeting's photo album:
Media apeearences of the event:
The State, IATI and Rashi Foundation will co-invest NIS 6 million in technological education - Globes.
MNC R&D research centers In Israel will invest NIS 1.5 in elementry schools - TheMarker.
Multinationals invest in teaching Israeli kids to code (English) - The Jerusalem Post.
Naftali Bennett meets HighTech - TheMarker.
Ministry of Education will invest NIS 3 million in "Technological Olimpics" - a PC.Co.il.
An innovative enterprize was launched for encouraging school children to study programming - Telniri.