The Council for Higher Education permitted Tel Hai Academic College as Kiryat Shmona University of Galilee by a unanimous vote on Tuesday.
The principal impediment to the college’s institution was Tel Hai’s intention to relocate its japanese campus to the jurisdiction of the town of Kiryat Shmona, a transfer seen as key to the college’s full integration into the town.
“Kiryat Shmona University will turn out to be a lever for regional improvement, creating an instructional and financial future for the youth of the north, whereas strictly sustaining educational high quality,” Kish stated.
“The college focuses on utilized analysis and acts as a bridge between the best degree of academia and trade, group and atmosphere,” Kiryat Shmona University’s administration stated in a press release.
“This challenge will appeal to 1000’s of scholars from everywhere in the nation to Galilee and create new job alternatives round Galilee, permitting them to remain and make a house within the area. We should not solely establishing a brand new college in Kiryat Shmona, we’re additionally constructing the way forward for northern Galilee.”
The establishment needed to move a complete skilled assessment after a collection of conditions had been carried out by the Ministry of Education, primarily based on the suggestions of the Management Committee and the Planning and Budget Committee.
“Kiryat Shmona University of Galilee will turn out to be a hub of educational, financial and social progress and a middle of attraction for college students, researchers, entrepreneurs and households from everywhere in the nation,” added the Municipality of Kiryat Shmona.
“The accreditation of Kiryat Shmona University of Galilee is proof that persistence, regional collaboration, and religion within the path yield outcomes. This is a crucial progress engine for the town, our youth, and future generations, and a cornerstone for constructing a robust and secure future for the Galilee,” added Mayor Avichai Stern of the town.