Israel Approves First Regional School in Re-established Northern Samaria
Education Minister Yoav Kisch and Samaria Council head Yossi Dagan agreed to build the first regional school in northern Samaria for children in newly re-established communities.
Education Minister Yoav Kisch and Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan announced an agreement to establish the first regional elementary school in the newly re-established communities of northern Samaria. This marks the first school to be built in settlements that were evacuated 21 years ago during the disengagement and have since been rebuilt.
The new school will serve children from grades one through six in the communities of Ganim, Kadim, and Noa. The decision follows a joint tour conducted by Kisch and Dagan in northern Samaria over a month ago. Dagan formally notified the heads of the community committees of the development.
The initiative is part of the extensive "Hitvachrut" (Reconnection) plan led by the Samaria Regional Council in cooperation with government ministries. The plan envisions establishing 19 new communities in northern Samaria, replacing the four that were dismantled during the 2005 disengagement, as part of the broader "Million in Samaria" project.
The project is being advanced alongside the Amana movement and the Settlement Division. Over the past eight months, 11 new communities have been established in the Samaria region, including Ebal, Rehavam, Rom Gilboa, Shalem, Emek Dotan, Noa, and Giva Samaria, alongside the four evacuated sites of Chomesh, Sa-Nur, Ganim, and Kadim.
Education Minister Yoav Kisch emphasized the significance of the project:
"The establishment of the regional school is a festive day for settlement and a historic step in the rebuilding of northern Samaria. After years in which residents were denied the opportunity to live here, we are establishing an educational framework for the children of Ganim, Kadim, and Noa to learn, grow, and build their future here."
Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan added:
"We are making history here. After 21 years of being barred from living in northern Samaria, we are returning and rebuilding everything that was uprooted. We are not content with returning to the homes and communities; we are establishing an educational system, building public institutions, and securing a future of growth and development for our children."
