Editing Eilat (section)

==Education==
The educational system of Eilat accommodates more than 9,000 children in eight day-care centers, 67 pre-kindergartens and kindergartens, 10 elementary schools, and 3 six-year high schools. Also, there are some special-education schools and religious schools.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daniel Horowitz |url=http://www.jewishtoronto.net/page.aspx?id=58842 |title=UJA Federation of Greater Toronto |publisher=Jewishtoronto.net |access-date=January 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209002030/http://www.jewishtoronto.net/page.aspx?id=58842 |archive-date=February 9, 2009 }}</ref> [[Ben Gurion University of the Negev]] maintains a campus in Eilat. The Eilat branch has 1,100 students, about 75 percent from outside the city. The [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]], also maintains a campus in Eilat.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hebrew University in Numbers |url=https://en.huji.ac.il/university-numbers |website=en.huji.ac.il |access-date=22 November 2024}}</ref> In 2010, a new student dormitory was funded and built by the Jewish Federation of Toronto, the Rashi Foundation, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the municipality of Eilat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/home/News/New+Student+Dormitories.htm |title=New Student Dormitories Dedicated in Eilat Campus |date=2010-05-15 |access-date=2013-08-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619033729/http://cmsprod.bgu.ac.il/Eng/home/News/New%2BStudent%2BDormitories.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2010 }}</ref> The [[SPNI]]'s Eilat Field School on the outskirts of Eilat offers special hiking tours that focus on [[desert ecology]], the [[Red Sea]], [[bird migration]] and other aspects of Eilat's flora and fauna.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aspni.org/?page_id=287 |title=SPNI field schools |publisher=Aspni.org |access-date=2013-08-08 |archive-date=2013-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530082026/http://aspni.org/?page_id=287 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Hesder|Hesder Yeshiva]] Ayelet Hashachar, is based in Eilat, established in 1997.<ref>[https://www.yeilat.org/en site of the Yeshiva] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224074940/https://www.yeilat.org/en |date=2019-12-24 }}/</ref>