The post then quoted their fictional mother, Ilanit, as saying: \u00a0\u201cI invested a lot in raising the children; it\u2019s a great miracle that they were all born healthy. I took a two-year break from work to focus on raising the children and my husband was the sole breadwinner. I am the most excited in the world to see them grow up.\u201d<\/p>\n
No such sextuplets exist, and the photo was AI-generated. This fact was not initially made clear by the ministry. The post quickly drew a backlash on social media, with thousands of users slamming the ministry that is supposed to educate children for spreading a lie.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of your more embarrassing posts. The education system is collapsing, there are no teachers, no values, and schools are barely managing, and this is what you decide to post? A chauvinistic AI story about imaginary sextuplets with a mom who stays home and a father who supports them,\u201d one person responded on Facebook, garnering 1,700 likes.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\tBy signing up, you agree to the terms<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFocus on improving education and not on degrading the conversation online,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n \t Education Minister Yoav Kisch attends a meeting of the Knesset Education, Culture, and Sports Committee in Jerusalem, May 12, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel\/Flash90)<\/p>\n Another commenter said the post was \u201cabsurd,\u201d and \u201ctypical of the lazy and spineless\u201d Education Minister Yoav Kisch, saying that \u201cthese are his values \u200b\u200band what he promotes before the start of the school year.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the page that represents the places to which you send your children,\u201d said another poster. \u201cTime to consider homeschooling.\u201d<\/p>\n One user said they\u2019d asked ChatGPT what it thought of the post, noting that the AI chatbot said it was \u201chighly problematic, especially coming from the Education Ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe post undermines public trust [in the ministry], and trust is the foundation of the education system,\u201d ChatGPT added, according to the commenter.<\/p>\n The ministry later defended the upload, responding in a comment to its original post: \u201cOkay, we admit these sextuplets are not really on the way to first grade, the photo was created with AI.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to open the school year with a smile and to remind you that just like in school, on the web we also need to stop, check, and use our critical thinking,\u201d it asserted.<\/p>\n \u201cWishing everyone a curious, fun school year full of good surprises,\u201d its second post said.<\/p>\n \t Illustrative photo of students on the first day of school, at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, on September 1, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni\/Flash90)<\/p>\n The Education Ministry under Kisch has undergone a tumultuous year, which included several teacher strikes, budget issues and a controversial change to public school curriculum, which mandated an hour of bible study each week for all students in first to twelfth grade, as well as additional mandatory classes on Zionism and \u201cIsrael\u2019s wars and rebirth.\u201d<\/p>\n Schools will also be required to bring students on tours of Jerusalem and Jewish heritage sites around the country, with an emphasis on sites in the West Bank.<\/p>\n
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