Education and Youth Corps

The Education and Youth Corps (, Heil HaHinuh VeHaNo'ar) is a corps of the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) Personnel Directorate responsible for the education of IDF personnel. Its mission purpose it to instruct and develop "national values" among Israeli servicemembers.

Goal and designation According to former Chief Education Officer Avner Shalev, the aims of the education system in the IDF are to increase the motivation and morale of the troops and units. This is achieved by introducing cultural activities into the lives of soldiers, teaching them about the country and its values—both national and universal—as well as by teaching them about the nature of their duties as soldiers and citizens of the state.

Structure The Education and Youth Corps is divided into two main brigades - the Magen division and the education division - as well as 6 independent units directly subordinate to the Chief Education Officer: The Jerusalem College Planning and organization branch Education and youth training base (, Bahad HaHinukh VeHaNo'ar) The School for Leadership (, Beit HaSefer LeManhigut, abbr. Bislam) The army weekly magazine Bamahane Israeli Army Radio (, Galei Tzahal, abbr. Galatz)

Magen division The Magen (an abbreviation for Morot-Hayalot (teacher soldiers), Makam, Gadna and Nahal), comprises four IDF education programs: Mak'am (an abbreviation for Merkaz Kidum Ukhlusiyot Meyuhadot - Center for the Advancement of Special Population Groups), a program initiated by Rafael Eitan to call up and support soldiers who would otherwise not be called up, such as those with serious educational deficiencies (lack of compulsory education), long criminal histories, etc. These are termed 'adaptation problems' in the IDF, and those with a rating of 40-60 are considered Mak'am youth. The Mak'am base is called Havat HaShomer and located in the north of the country, and trains those Mak'am youth with the most serious problems. Teacher soldiers, a program to train soldiers to become teachers in the civilian sector. Gadna, short paramilitary training programs for high school youth. The Gadna program has 3 such training bases - Tzalmon in the north, Ju'ara in the center, and Sde Boker in the south of the country. Nahal Nucleus (, Gar'in Nahal), another pre-military-age program.

Mihve Alon, a training base for new immigrants not proficient in the Hebrew language, is also subordinate to the Magen division.

Education division The education division serves as the professional guide for the other units of the corps, and of the IDF in general. It is divided into 6 branches: Mak'am branch Education and Hasbara branch Culture branch Aliyah branch Arm and corps branch Moriah branch

Education and youth training base The Education and youth training base, or by its name Sha'arei Avraham (Abraham's gates) was built near the Re'em Junction in the Lachish Valley near Kiryat Mal'akhi.

Many of the soldiers in various roles in the Education Corps get their training in the Youth Education Training Base.

Among these roles: Mashakit Hod מש"קית הו"ד - teaching and command NCO Madan Merhav and Basis מד"ן מרחב ובסיס - a youth guide in the base and region Mashakit Hinukh מש"קית חינוך - education NCO Mashakit Aliya מש"קית עלייה - immigration NCO Military ensemble Museum guides

The teacher-soldiers who are also a part of the Education Corps don't get their training in the Youth Education Training Base, but in a civic seminary called Ramot Shapira, which is in moshav Beit Meir, next to Jerusalem. this is a result of the "lending agreement" with the Education Minister of Israel.

Insignia The emblem of the Education and Youth Corps is composed of four stripes integrating into one flame.

Three of them (different shades of blue) represent the three different centers of the corps and the fourth (colored white) represents the headquarters of the corps.

Chief officers NameYears as chief officerComments Lieutenant Colonel Yosef Karib 1948–1950 Colonel Aharon Ze'ev 1950–1963 Colonel Mordechai Bar-On 1963–1968 former Knesset member Brigadier General Yitzhak Arad 1968–1972 Director of Yad Vashem, 1972 - 1993 Brigadier General Shaul Givoli 1972–1975 Brigadier General Amir Betsal'el 1975–1977 Brigadier General Avner Shalev 1977–1979 Director of Yad Vashem, 1993-2020 Brigadier General Avraham Zohar 1979–1982 Brigadier General Josef Eldar 1982–1985 Brigadier General Nehemya Dagan 1985–1988 Brigadier General Ehud Gross 1988–1991 Brigadier General Shalom Ben Moshe 1991–1995 Brigadier General Evrham Asha'hal 1995–1997 Brigadier General Ran Glika 1997–1999 Major General Elazar Stern 1999–2004 later, also head of the Human Resources Directorate Brigadier General Ilan Harari 2004–2007 Brigadier General Eli Shermeister 2007–2013 Brigadier General Avner Paz Tzuk 2013–2017 Brigadier General Tzvika Freizen 2017-2020 Brigadier General Ophir Levios 2020-2024 Brigadier General Samuel Bumandil 2024-

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