ORT Israel

ORT Israel (Hebrew: אורט ישראל) is a non-government organization devoted to education in Israel.

ORT Israel
Formation1949 (by World ORT)
TypeOrganizations based in Israel
Legal statusactive
Purposeeducation
Region served
Israel
Websiteort.org.il
Pictures of ORT schools
ORT Arad
ORT high school in Umm Batin, a Bedouin town in the Negev
ORT Singalovski, Tel Aviv
ORT Kfar Zeitim Yeshiva

"ORT Israel" (ORT is an acronym of the Russian: Общество Ремесленного Труда, romanized: Óbchestvo Reméslenava Trudá – "Association for Vocational Crafts") is the largest educational network in Israel for science and technology education and has been operating in Israel since 1949 as a public benefit company. The network operates some 210 educational institutions including engineering colleges, middle and high schools, and one elementary school, in over 55 local authorities. Some 100,000 students attend ORT Israel schools and colleges and, to date, the network has trained some 600,000 graduates. Its students come from all sectors and populations in Israeli society.

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