Posted on 02/22/2007 2:07:09 PM PST by US admirer
Public funding for NGOs undergoing a quiet revolution By Moti Bassok According to an audit performed by the Accountant General, NGOs received billions of shekels illegally in 2006. The audit revealed that in a large number of elementary schools, nearly all in the ultra-Orthodox school system, students were held back a year - but only on record, which enabled the institutions to obtain extra budgeting. This practice continued for six years, and resulted in a hefty amount - NIS 50 million of ill-begotten funding. In another instance, the principal of a school was arrested one year ago, following a complaint filed to the police, on the suspicion that he had received more than a million shekels from the Ministry of Education by falsely reporting on students and teachers. State funding is allocated for the salaries, purchasing and support of the NGOs along with payment of debts and investment in government companies...
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