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20-461: A Bagrut certificate is awarded by the Israeli Ministry of Education to students who pass the ministry's required written (and in some cases oral) subject-matter examinations with a passing mark (55% or higher) in each exam. The Bagrut certificate however should not be confused with a high school diploma ( te'udat g'mar tichon , Hebrew : תעודת גמר תיכון ، Arabic : شهادة انهاء الثانويّة), which

40-418: A Bagrut certificate. Of the overall population who was of high school graduation age in 2019, 76.1% were eligible to receive a Bagrut certificate. A copy of the 2010 mathematics exam (in the four and five units levels) was leaked to students, but a teacher reported it to authorities and all tests were replaced. In 2011, the percentage of 17-year-olds who passed the matriculation exams rose to 48.3 percent, and

60-454: A network of kindergartens and schools for a rapidly growing student population. In 1949, there were 80,000 elementary school students. By 1950, there were 120,000 - an increase of 50 percent within the span of one year. Israel also took over responsibility for the education of Arab schoolchildren. The first minister of education was Zalman Shazar , later president of the State of Israel. Since 2002,

80-523: A religious education. He remained involved with Chabad for the rest of his life, assisting Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn , the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe in founding the village of Kfar Chabad , and at his behest, allowed the religious community in Israel to set up their own educational system. He later corresponded with the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson , and visited him on multiple occasions. In his teenage years he became involved in

100-517: A representative from the Ministry of Education's headquarters. In 2019, a petition was filed by pluralist Jewish organizations against the Ministry of Education due to a procedure that reduces by tens of thousands of shekels the support for the activities of these organizations in schools. In April 2021, the High Court invalidated the procedure in question, and even emphasized the importance of implementing

120-486: A standard measure of the students' knowledge throughout the country. In academically oriented high schools, the last two years of studies are geared to preparing students for the bagrut exams. School dependent subjects Internal subjects compulsory only for students who studied in a traditional high-school setting (not included in grade average) Most exams are available in different levels of difficulty, expressed in "units of study". In most subjects, students may choose

140-555: Is a certificate awarded by the Ministry of Education attesting that a student has completed 12 years of study. Bagrut scores are one of the criteria examined in applications to elite military units and Israeli academic institutions. Other criteria include students' high school grades and the Psychometric Entrance Test . Bagrut exams are frequently compared to the New York State Regents Examinations ,

160-567: Is the branch of the Israeli government charged with overseeing public education institutions in Israel. The department is headed by the Minister of Education, who is a member of the cabinet . The ministry has previously included culture and sport, although this is now covered by the Ministry of Culture and Sport . In the first decade of statehood, the education system was faced with the task of establishing

180-645: The College Board 's Advanced Placement (AP) tests, the British A-levels , the German Abitur , and the European Matura . Bagrut examinations assess knowledge on subjects studied in high school. The process of matriculation in Israel is supervised by the country's Ministry of Education. The exams of all compulsory subjects and most elective subjects are designed and written by the Ministry, thereby creating

200-661: The Poale Zion Movement. He worked as a translator in a Zionist publishing house. He visited Palestine in 1911 but returned to Russia to serve in the army. In 1924, after his release, he immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine , settling in Tel Aviv , and became a member of the secretariat of the Histadrut . Shazar was married to Rachel Katznelson-Shazar , with whom he had one daughter. He died on October 5, 1974, and

220-440: The 5-unit mathematics exam will take mathematics courses specifically designed for a 5-unit level of difficulty all throughout their high school careers. 65.5% of Israeli high school 2014 graduates, or other individuals studying for the 2014 exam (usually post- compulsory military service persons completing Bagrut requirements later in life in order to apply for higher education) had passed the requirements to be eligible to receive

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240-631: The Knesset in 1963. That same year, he attended the funeral of John F. Kennedy after his assassination in Dallas . In 1964, when Pope Paul VI visited Israel, Shazar read to him the verse in Micah stating that though other nations might follow other gods, “we will walk in the Name of our Lord God forever”. He was re-elected for a second term in 1968. In 1969, Shazar sent one of 73 Apollo 11 Goodwill Messages to NASA for

260-509: The Ministry of Education has awarded a National Education Award to five top localities in recognizing excellence in investing substantial resources in the educational system. In 2012, first place was awarded to the Shomron Regional Council and followed by Or Yehuda , Tiberias , Eilat and Beersheba . The prize has been awarded to a variety of educational institutions including kindergartens and elementary schools. In 2013–2014,

280-454: The Ministry of Education promoted the regulation of the activities of external parties within the state schools, in a dialogue between the Ministry, the local government, parents' representatives, the business sector and philanthropic parties, as part of what was called "the intersectoral round table in the Ministry of Education". As part of the regulation, the Ministry compiled a database of external programs that have some kind of partnership with

300-684: The number of students sitting for the exams in both the Jewish and the Arab school systems increased. Recently, as of 2021, all the bagrut exams' materials have been decreased to ensure a high passing rate due to the coronavirus pandemic that prevented students from going to schools as they would normally do. In the last decade, bagrut exams are still being leaked 5–10 minutes before the exams' start time. Ministry of Education (Israel) The Ministry of Education ( Hebrew : מִשְׂרָד הַחִנּוּךְ , translit. Misrad HaHinukh ; Arabic : وزارة التربية والتعليم )

320-503: The number of units in which they are tested. In order to receive a "full" matriculation certificate, the student must take and pass at least one subject matter exam at the 5-unit level of difficulty and earn a total of at least 21 combined study units in all bagrut exams taken. Correspondingly, the make-up of students' classes during their high school years is matched to the students' expected units of study in which they will be tested in their bagrut exams. For example, students planning to take

340-580: The principles of the Shanhar Committee report on the teaching of Judaism in state education. In November 2021 it was announced that the Ministry of Education is not implementing the High Court ruling and that the damage to those organizations continues. This article about government in Israel is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Zalman Shazar Zalman Shazar ( Hebrew : זלמן שזר ; November 24, 1889 – October 5, 1974)

360-614: Was an Israeli politician, author and poet. Shazar served as the third President of Israel for two terms, from 1963 to 1973. Shazar was born Shneur Zalman Rubashov to a Hasidic family of the Chabad-Lubavitch denomination in Mir , near Minsk , in the Russian Empire (today in Grodno Region , Belarus ). His mother's family descended from Joel Sirkis . In his early years Shazar received

380-649: Was appointed Minister of Education in David Ben-Gurion 's first government . He was not a member of Ben-Gurion's second cabinet , but retained his seat in the 1951 and 1955 elections . He also became a member of the Jewish Agency Executive in 1952. He resigned from the Knesset in 1956, and from 1956 to 1960 was acting chairman of the Jewish Agency's Jerusalem Executive. Shazar was elected president by

400-611: Was buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem . Shazar served as the editor-in-chief of the Israeli newspaper Davar from 1944 to 1949. In 1947, he was a member of the Jewish Agency 's delegation to the negotiations for the UN partition plan for Palestine and played a key role in drafting Israel's Declaration of Independence . He was elected to the first Knesset in 1949 as a member of Mapai , and

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