The Haredi high school yeshivas offer a curriculum toward obtaining a complete matriculation diploma, providing many skills that may serve the student in the distant future. Creating the foundation for general studies will also enable him, when he has a family, to learn and acquire a profession enabling a respectable living.
An analysis of achievements obtained by avrechs seeking to study at a later age unequivocally demonstrated that, acquiring knowledge in adulthood is very difficult for those lacking basic skills acquired in earlier education. The difference between knowledge acquisition (possible for talented individuals at a later age too) and the acquisition of thinking skills – mathematical, verbal and research related – leads to partial exhaustion of learning capacity and, in many cases, to dropping out of pre-academic courses or satisfaction with poor capabilities compared to their potential.
A special emphasis is placed on filling the gaps of basic studies required upon joining the Haredi high school yeshiva. Dedicated curricula were devised for Haredi youth whose knowledge of math and English is minimal. Most institutions also conduct preparatory days and provide guidance to students who never studied those subjects.
Most yeshivas enable a choice of advanced major studies based on the students’ learning capabilities, enabling the highest possible level (5 credits) in mathematics and English. Tutoring is provided to make up for academic gaps and desirable professions are taught, including computer engineering, teleprocessing, physics, electronics, etc., and there are suitable labs and physical infrastructures for supporting general studies.