the number of first degree galilean students for the year was see table increasing percentage of students or students study in the nine colleges in the northern district five regional colleges that had been established during the s and s as nonacademic institutions one postsecondary polytechnic school two teachers colleges and an innercity college in nazareth were upgraded to accredited academic institutions granting bachelors and masters degrees in a range of fields in addition there are teacher education colleges that operate under the auspices of the ministry of education