The Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sport (

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: ועדת החינוך, התרבות והספורט, ''Vaadat hinuh ha, ha-Tarbut ve-ha-sport'') is a

Knesset The Knesset ( he, הַכְּנֶסֶת ; "gathering" or "assembly") is the unicameral legislature of Israel. As the supreme state body, the Knesset is sovereign and thus has complete control of the entirety of the Israeli government (with ...

committee which deals with

education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

culture Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.Tyl ...

sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, th ...

and arts in Israel. The committee was established in 1949, during the tenure of the 1st Knesset convocation. The current acting chairman of the committee is member of the Yisrael Beiteinu party Alex Miller. As a commission for education, the committee deals with all matters related to education: regarding schools, kindergartens, education in specific sectors, private education, teaching materials, the teachers, development and investment in various areas, the education budget, financial support for poor students, the education of students with learning disabilities and the higher education in Israel. The committee also discusses the treatment of various current trends and behaviors among Israeli teens which are widely perceived as negative and how to prevent them. As a commission for Culture, Sport and Arts, the committee deals with promoting the culture in Israel in three different languages:

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and

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. The committee also deals with all matters related to the various branches of sports in Israel, especially the most popular ones:

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

and swimming.

Chairmen of the Commission

External links

Information regarding the current Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sport
– posted on the Knesset website
The panel of the Knesset Committee on Education, Culture and Sport through its history
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