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"Education is tantamount to an unfinished symphony, not because it isn't over and done with, but because education is a orchestrated work in process" (Zalman Aran)

Assistant Director General for Education – Yifat Zilberman

  • Phone: 04-6520301/2/3
  • Fax: 04-6520300
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Reception hours: Sunday and Wednesday 08:30 – 12:00; Monday 08:30 – 10:00
  • Address: 47 Yehoshua Hankin St. Afula.

Afula's objectives for education

Graduates of the education system of Afula will be educated and strong-minded, highly competent at expressing themselves, independent thinkers, and endowed with a sense of public mission.  Our graduates will be eligible for a high quality matriculation certificate that emphasizes values and scholastic excellence.

Commitment of the Education Department

  • Involvement and responsibility for advancing achievements of the municipal education system.
  • Supply a holistic response to each student, at both the pedagogical and physical levels, that matches his/her needs and aptitudes in accordance with the Compulsory Education Law.
  • Maintain a systemic overview.
  • Perform work that is informed by data.
  • Periodic evaluation and review, from the municipal level through to the individual student level.
  • Professionalism
  • Development of a 'Principals Forum' – a strategic forum for guiding policy of the municipal education system.
  • Cultivate an esthetic physical educational environment that is well maintained and supports students in incorporating values of beauty.
  • Preserve public property and a clean environment.
  • Reception/appointments with the department director, by prior telephone arrangement.
  • Replies to letters – within 10 days.

 Measurement and Evaluation unit (education)

Ronit Averbach

  • Phone: 04-6520301, 04-65203036, 04-6520379
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Reception hours: Sunday and Wednesday 16:00 – 18;30 Monday 08:30 – 10:00
  • Address: Education Administration, POB 2016, 47 Yehoshua Hankin St. Afula.

The unit deals in the development and guidance of the local evaluation apparatus which individually tracks the functioning of each student from a scholastic and treatment aspect.
The unit oversees an apparatus for evaluating the efficiency of integrating municipal programs at the school and city level.

Commitment of the Education Department

  • Monitor achievements in formal education, from kindergarten to 12th
  • Develop a local program planning model that is informed by needs.
  • Track the added value of supplementary program operated locally.

Incorporate a working model based on data received from schools, kindergartens and projects.