Adva Center’s annual publication for 2016: The fruits of the economic growth trickle upwards more than down

In 2015, a little more than half of the age cohort passed the exams that will entitle them to matriculation certificates. So where is the other half of the age cohort?

The report challenges the routine government position with regard to social maladies: economic growth and still more economic growth. The figures belie the reliance on economic growth

Only 28.8% of Israelis who were 17 years old in 2002 enrolled in universities or academic colleges by 2010

About 80% of 17-year-olds are still in high school, about 45% pass the matriculation exams and about 40% receive high school diplomas that qualify them for college entrance

Israel Equality Monitor. Issue no. 1