The Improving Demographics of YESHA

Another demographic look at the population of Yesha, this time the school pupils.

Today, over 130,000 schoolchildren went to school today in Yesha, the first day of the new school year 5772, 2011-2012.

That includes kindergartens, primary schools, middle schools, high schools.

In the primary schools, there are more than 51,000 pupils, up from 46,000 last year.

The numbers of those entering the first grade is 7,500, which represents a 9% increase, 600 more than last year's figure.

This year, more the 50 new kindergartens and nurseries were opned than existed last year.

All this, of course, indicates a steady and constant growth of the Jewish population in Judea and Samaria.


(thanks to Yigal Dilmoni of the YESHA Council)

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