- ORT Israel
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ORT Israel Formation 1948 Type Organizations based in Israel Legal status active Purpose/focus education Region served Israel Website ort.org.il ORT Israel is a non-government organization devoted to education in Israel. ORT Israel operates 190 schools and colleges around the country. ORT Israel is a branch of World ORT.[1]
History
ORT was founded in 1949. The first school of ORT Israel was a high school in Jaffa which later moved to Yad Eliyahu, becoming ORT Singealovsky. Today ORT is the largest non-state network of schools in Israel, with some 100,000 students. Until a few years ago ORT primarily operated trade and vocational schools. Now the focus is on the advancement of science and technology education.
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Categories:- Education in Israel
- Schools in Israel
- Jewish educational organizations
- Jewish universities and colleges
- Jewish organizations based in Israel
- Israel stubs
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