Mindful of the larger and pressing educational needs of the Jerusalem community the Fund Committee developed its strategic plan for the next phase so as to increase its support for educational scholarships at foreign universities abroad, as well as to address the more elementary educational needs of the youth in high schools by supporting extra-curricular programs that complement their formal training.
Educational scholarships at foreign universities abroad ensure that promising graduates will be able to achieve higher qualifications that can create lasting opportunities for change at the local level, while an intervention at the school and social media levels will ensure that incoming university students are well-equipped for an education that relies on critical and analytical thinking rather than on rote or ‘copy-paste’ learning.
This developed strategy will still be informed by the framework of the new global trends formulated by the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially the SDG4, which stipulates to ‘Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all’.