"Much More than an Achievement": Bat Yam Won the National Education Award for 2015

The city of Bat Yam achieved exceptional figures with 92% eligibility for matriculation • Among other things, the city is developing a municipal emergency model that was adopted by the Home Front Command as the basis for a national infrastructure • Mayor: ""Bat Yam serves as an example to other municipalities on how to lead outstanding education at a national level, we put people at the center"

Reasons for winning: 92% eligible for matriculation, 98% with a social matriculation certificate, and 40% eligible for an outstanding social matriculation certificate; 10% of 12th grade graduates are integrated into pre-military preparatory schools and years of service; the first city to open the education system during a war; the only one in the country that operates a free class for every child

A significant achievement for the city of Bat Yam, which won the prestigious National Education Award for 2015, the highest award in the field of education in Israel.