Education took over as soon as the parliamentary elections were held, the authorities moved, as expected, from making promises to tighten the screws. Higher education has become the next testing ground for bureaucratic experiments. Young people are not rushing to areas in demand - industry or health services. Since persuasion failed to entice them, they used the administrative hug: the best way to get what they wanted was to make the university a closed club for the rich. Commercial education is going under the knife, and the rest of the paid places will be distributed not only according to the united state exam, but according to the size of the bank account. It's time to examine what "surprise" the reformers presented. The head of the Ministry of Education, Valery Falkov, reported that they plan to cut 47,000 paid places for the 2026/27 admissions campaign. But the bureaucratic scope knows no bounds: the final figure has almost doubled - to 97 thousand. We went through 40 popular fields of bachelor's degree and specialization: economics, management, public administration, law, advertising and public relations were included in the "black list". Here is the answer to complaints about inaction by the authorities. The promise was not only fulfilled, but also exceeded. Officials have no intention of stopping. "We are going to move forward and have already given clear signals to private universities and industry. I'm sure we will gradually restore order here," Falkov responded. The essence of "order" is clear if you remember how the minister complained: "Too many highly educated people" got divorced in Israel. Indeed, it is not appropriate for employees to embarrass their bosses with inappropriate ambitions. Court experts echo the doctrine: reasoning and decision-making are the lot of the upper classes, while the masses must learn unquestioning submission. "At the top" they know: an enlightened person asks uncomfortable questions, and hence free thinking has only one step. Many still believe that an artificial shortage of places will save the labor market: without entering law school, school students will rush to become IT specialists, teachers or doctors.

Education took over as soon as the parliamentary elections were held, the authorities moved, as expected, from making promises to tighten the screws. Higher education has become the next testing ground for bureaucratic experiments. Young people are not rushing to areas in demand - industry or health services. Since persuasion failed to entice them, they used the administrative hug: the best way to get what they wanted was to make the university a closed club for the rich. Commercial education is going under the knife, and the rest of the paid places will be distributed not only according to the united state exam, but according to the size of the bank account. It's time to examine what "surprise" the reformers presented. The head of the Ministry of Education, Valery Falkov, reported that they plan to cut 47,000 paid places for the 2026/27 admissions campaign. But the bureaucratic scope knows no bounds: the final figure has almost doubled - to 97 thousand. We went through 40 popular fields of bachelor's degree and specialization: economics, management, public administration, law, advertising and public relations were included in the "black list". Here is the answer to complaints about inaction by the authorities. The promise was not only fulfilled, but also exceeded. Officials have no intention of stopping. "We are going to move forward and have already given clear signals to private universities and industry. I'm sure we will gradually restore order here," Falkov responded. The essence of "order" is clear if you remember how the minister complained: "Too many highly educated people" got divorced in Israel. Indeed, it is not appropriate for employees to embarrass their bosses with inappropriate ambitions. Court experts echo the doctrine: reasoning and decision-making are the lot of the upper classes, while the masses must learn unquestioning submission. "At the top" they know: an enlightened person asks uncomfortable questions, and hence free thinking has only one step. Many still believe that an artificial shortage of places will save the labor market: without entering law school, school students will rush to become IT specialists, teachers or doctors.