Minister of Education Naftali Bennett is promoting a new initiative with Member of Knesset Meirav Ben-Ari (Kulanu), under which ten-day reserve duty will be recognized as an activity within the framework of social involvement worth two academic credits..
The initiative is being promoted as part of a bill proposed by Ben-Ari to be submitted to the Ministerial Committee on Sunday. As part of the bill, institutions will be given the freedom to define which social activities will buy the points.