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NEWS
Substantial Rise in Enrollment at Chareidi Schools in
Petach Tikva
By Yechiel Sever
The opening of the 5769 school year was a great success at
all Torah-based institutions in Petach Tikva. Enrollment has
increased 10 percent to 12,000 students, including 3,000 at
the outreach schools alone. New kindergartens, day-care
centers and infant-care centers have also been opened for the
bnei Torah community and working mothers.
The city boasts a total of 100 kindergartens, 20 talmudei
Torah and girls' schools, 12 yeshivas — both
yeshivos ketanos and yeshivos gedolos —
and 50 kollelim with 1,700 avreichim.
The new day-care centers and infant-care centers, located in
the city center and run by Rabbi Eliyahu Bruchi, feature
modern equipment and operate until 4:00 p.m.
During a comprehensive tour of the city's educational
institutions City Councilman Rabbi Yisroel Friedman and Rabbi
Menachem Schwartz, who heads the Department for Chareidi
Education, noted the achievements made and the funding
secured for the coming school year, as well as the dynamic
development at the various institutions.
A survey conducted by the Education Department reveals that
during the past nine years chareidi educational institutions
have grown by 54 percent while outreach schools have grown by
30 percent through the efforts of Lev L'Achim under Rabbi
Tzvi Berger.
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