On the first day of the new school year in Israel, about 160,000 children will go to the first class.

In total, according to the Ministry of Education, currently there are about 2.2 million children and adolescents of school age in Israel.

For 123.5 thousand graduates this academic year will be the last in the school system

Around 180,000 teachers start the new school year, including teachers of kindergartens, as well as teachers in the system of primary and secondary education.

After the previous academic year was marked by the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the one Jerusalem, it was decided that the new year of knowledge will be dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of the Independence of Israel.