The problem is designating all those who are registered in yeshivot and kolelim as “tora schoalrs’. This is inflation in terminology that rivals the monetary inflations of post-WW1 Germany and post-WW2 Hungary. IMHO, the best solution would be to create militar batei midrash where participants would be required to pass exams given by the military rabbinate to prove their level of learning (when the Lakewood yeshiva had to weed out the goof-offs because of budget cuts it gave exams – ’nuff said). I would also require them to give shiurim to soldiers as part of their spiritual service.
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