JERUSALEM: According to the university, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Israel’s Reichman University have established a school to train high-tech workers. The school will provide courses in computer programming, sales, and data analysis, among other topics.Israel has a thriving high-tech industry, but there are tens of thousands of open opportunities due to a serious lack of qualified tech professionals.
According to the university, students from underrepresented groups will get financial aid from the School of High Tech, including “women, members of the ultra-Orthodox community, Arabs, Ethiopians, persons from the geo-social periphery, and people from disadvantaged socio-economic groups.”