General Information

Sakhnin College for Teacher Education is located in Sakhnin, an Arab city in the Galilee region of Israel with a student body comprised of more than 3,000 students. The college trains educators, teachers and kindergarten teachers and grants them a B.Ed. and M.Ed. degrees in Education and/or a teaching certificate. Students study within one of the following tracks and areas of specialization: Early Education; Special Education; Junior High School; Elementary Schools; Master's degree in: management and organization of education systems, educational consulting, school-based assessment and special education; Academic Preparatory Program; Professional Development Center, studies toward a diploma and advanced study; Guidance in planning, building and career development of students. The college is funded by the Ministry of Education, student tuition and fees, and project and program grants from organizations. Having completed seven international projects since 2012, the college is expanding its internationalization efforts while also committing to the educational, social, and economic development of its community. Our partners include dozens of colleges and universities in Israel, as well as institutions of higher learning in Europe and India. A few of our international projects with the European Union are: Curriculum Reform for Promoting Civic Education and Democratic Principles in Israel and in Georgia (CURE), and Social Innovation for Local Indian and Israeli Communities and graduate Entrepreneurs (SILICE), and Developing Modernized Curricula on Immigrants' and Refugees' Lives (DEMO).