"The Zionist Answer": Kindergartens opened in new Samaria settlements

The Samaria Regional Council reported that over 25,000 students began the school year this Tuesday. The education system, which includes 28 elementary schools, 11 high schools, and 168 kindergartens, welcomed 1,440 first-graders. Tens of thousands of students are transported every morning to educational institutions using more than 1,200 bus routes. This year, the council is opening four new high schools and eight kindergartens, six of which were established in new settlements in northern Samaria as part of the momentum of renewed settlement in the region.

Among the new educational institutions opened this year are the "Kedem" high school yeshiva in the settlement of Kfar Tapuach under the management of the Bnei Akiva network, the high school for special education in Revava under the management of the Tomashin network, and a religious technological high school for girls in Alei Zahav under the management of the AMIT network. Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and head of the Samaria Regional Council Yossi Dagan inaugurated the high school yeshiva in Tapuach together with the CEO of the Bnei Akiva network Elchanan Glatt and the head of the yeshiva, Rabbi Arnon Klein. Minister Smotrich noted that the settlement revolution is expressed in significant investments of billions of shekels in education and the opening of dozens of institutions.

Head of the Samaria Regional Council, Yossi Dagan, defined the opening of the school year as a historic and exciting morning, emphasizing that where settlements were once uprooted and kindergartens destroyed, the gates of education are now reopening. Dagan added that the opening of the six kindergartens in the new settlements in northern Samaria is the true Zionist answer to the growth of the settlement movement.

"Where settlements were once uprooted and kindergartens destroyed, the gates of education are now reopening," stated Yossi Dagan.

The opening of these new institutions is taking place against the backdrop of a comprehensive five-year education plan being implemented in the Samaria Regional Council. As part of this program, the council is investing 50 million shekels over five years with the goal of upgrading and developing educational facilities throughout Judea and Samaria, strengthening educational responses, and setting a high standard of excellence in light of rapid population growth and continued construction momentum in the region.