five of these are offered at regional colleges under the council for higher education ort braude tel hai sakhnin western galilee and sefad colleges socioeconomic gaps between the population groups and the disparities between the galilee and the centre of israel remain israel needs a continuous and concerted policy strategy policy should ensure that educational infrastructure on offer to all arab and jewish children including issues such as class sizes educational facilities at all levels basic standards in english mathematics and sciences is of a similar standard