The Ramat Hanegev Regional Council is the leader in recruitment rates for officers and combat units in the IDF among all the other regional councils in the country, according to data on recruitment and service published this week by the IDF Personnel Division. The data refer to the natives of the 2000 yearbook, most of whom enlisted in 2018 and are discharged from their military service this year. The data refer to, among others, Kibbutz Revivim, Kibbutz Mashabei Sadeh, Kibbutz Tlalim and Kibbutz Sde Boker.
According to the data, the rate of recruitment among men who must be recruited in the Ramat Hanegev Regional Council was 90 percent, the rate of utilization for combat was 75.9 percent and the utilization rate for officers was 21.3 percent. The weighted score given to the Ramat Hanegev Council is 85.47, the highest of the other regional councils in the country.
The data in the category of regional councils places the Bnei Shimon regional council in sixth place with a recruitment rate for men who must recruit 92.1 percent, but with a combat efficiency of 64.6 percent and an officer capacity of 14.1 percent. The score given to the Bnei Shimon Council was 78.49.
“It is a great pride for us,” said the head of the Ramat Negev Council, Eran Doron, “to head the list of regional councils in terms of the percentage of combatants and officers in the IDF and proof that there are quality, value and Zionist youth in the Negev who love the country Contribute his share and even beyond. “I am moved by each and every one of these young men and women on the council, and it is only thanks to them that we are in this position and thank them, the parents and the formal and informal education staff of Ramat Hanegev for the impressive achievement.”
Data from the IDF Personnel Division also indicate that in the first place in the recruitment data for men in the category of small and medium-sized schools in the country is the Higher School of Environmental Education at Midreshet Ben Gurion in Sde Boker. According to the data, At 94.3 per cent, the utilization rate for combat was 86 per cent and the utilization rate for officers was 15.4 per cent.