Educational program blocks mostly include Judaism and Jewish identity, Zionism, development of leadership skills, volunteering, and elements of military training.
Commanders of battalions and divisions give preference to graduates of mechinot, as the year of training, personal development, and volunteering prepares them to become mature leaders who are ready to take responsibility, lead by example, and solve difficult situations that demand a high morale and serious experience with human dilemmas.
[citation needed] Other religious mechinot: A secular mechina focuses on preparing high school graduates for citizenship as well as IDF service.
The program of studies covers leadership, principles and practice of democracy, volunteer service to the community, ideological and individual identity, Zionism, Jewish history and heritage, philosophy, and more.
As such, they focus on teaching a range of subjects to a mixed student body, including Zionism, leadership, Judaism, political science, and philosophy, alongside intensive community and societal involvement and volunteering.
In addition to the above, there are private (i.e., commercial) educational institutions in Israel offering remedial courses for students after high school who wish to complete or upgrade their scores in their subject matriculations or prepare for the psychometric examinations required for entrance to college or university.