Editing Netivot (section)

==Education==
According to the [[Israel Central Bureau of Statistics|Central Bureau of Statistics]], there were 22 schools and 4,243 students in the city: 16 elementary schools with 3,053 students, and 11 high schools with 1,190 students. 43.1% of 12th grade students were entitled to a [[Bagrut]] matriculation certificate in 2001.

In 2009, a high school student from Netivot won first prize in the [[First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics]] competition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israeli-teen-wins-int-l-physics-prize-1.5164624|title=Kiryat Gat Teen Wins First Prize in International Physics Competition|date=20 September 2012|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>

Netivot schools have been chosen for a special pilot project in which elementary school children build their own mini-robots.
In 2011, Netivot hosted a robotics festival sponsored by the international organization [[For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology|FIRST]] - For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5108633|title=Robots Enliven Negev Desert Community|date=15 November 2018|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref> First-, second,- and third-graders at the Noam Eliyahu religious school in Netivot spend eight hours a week studying science and robotics at Lehava, the municipal science center.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5108633|title=Robots Enliven Negev Desert Community|date=15 November 2018|newspaper=Haaretz}}</ref>

The Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev (MCLN) runs a two-year community-based leadership program in Netivot.<ref>[http://mandel.mli.org.il/MandelFoundation/News/Tomorrow%E2%80%99s+Leaders+of+Today%E2%80%99s+Negev.htm Tomorrow’s Leaders of Today’s Negev] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130123110120/http://mandel.mli.org.il/MandelFoundation/News/Tomorrow%E2%80%99s%2BLeaders%2Bof%2BToday%E2%80%99s%2BNegev.htm |date=2013-01-23 }}</ref>

Netivot hosts the [[:He: ישיבת הנגב|''Yeshivat HaNegev'']], "the [[Yeshiva]] of the Negev", a [[Haredi]] institution [[Rosh yeshiva|headed]] {{As of|2024|10|lc=y}} by Rabbi Aryeh Leib Levi,<ref>{{cite web | title=Yeshivat Hanegev - Sehar Sahir| website=Olam Hatorah | url=http://www.torahindex.com/en/Inst/institutionsDetail.aspx?index=1&instID=2853 | access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref> with approximately 200 students. It was founded in 1966 by Rabbi [[:He: יששכר מאיר|Issachar Meir]], and was renamed ''Yeshivat Hanegev Shachar Shakir'' after him on his death.

The city is also home to the [[Religious Zionist]] ''[[Hesder]]'' Yeshiva of Netivot, ''[[:He: ישיבת ההסדר נתיבות|"Ahavat Yisrael"]]''.<ref>[https://www.yhn.co.il/ yhn.co.il]</ref> It was founded in 2000 by Rabbi [[Yisrael Friedman (Pashkaner Rebbe)|Yisrael Friedman]] and is today headed by Rabbi David Asulin with approximately 50 students.