Elementary School Track: Literature (Grades 1–6)

The Achva Academic CollegeBachelor of Education (B.Ed)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 90 or moreTeacher training

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Admission based on bagrut

Eligibility for a full bagrut certificate with an average grade of 90 or higher, including: English at 4 units
Applicants eligible for a bagrut certificate whose bagrut average is in the 85–89.9 range will have a personal interview and take part in a group assessment.

Regular track

Admission based on the psychometric exam

Suitability score of 535 (calculated from the psychometric score and bagrut) Full bagrut certificate including English at 4 units

Regular track

If you do not meet the admission requirements(our wording)

Preparation program for holders of a bagrut certificate with a grade of 75 or higher and English at 4 units / a supplementary course at the college, and a psychometric score or TIL score of 420.
(Applicants whose exam language is not Hebrew are required to take the Yael exam with a score of 110).

Through a preparatory program

Admission based on a pre-academic mechina in humanities and social sciences, totaling 780 hours, in accordance with Council for Higher Education guidelines

Admission based on a pre-academic mechina in humanities and social sciences, totaling 780 hours, in accordance with Council for Higher Education guidelines

These are minimum requirements: meeting them does not by itself guarantee admission.

The requirements are in the institution's words. Names and labels marked "our wording" are our own, written from the same page.

For every track

*Applicants who do not have a bagrut certificate or a psychometric exam in Hebrew will be required to take the Yael exam with a score of 110 or higher
All applicants must go through an admissions committee for all tracks in the Faculty of Education and Leadership.

The Hebrew terms

bagrutבגרותeligibility for a bagrut certificateזכאות לבגרותunitsיח"לapplicantמועמדpersonal interviewראיון אישיpsychometric examפסיכומטריsuitability scoreציון התאמהbagrut certificateתעודת בגרותsupplementary coursesלימודי השלמהpsychometric scoreציון פסיכומטרי

Source:The institution's siteachva.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026

What you study

The program focuses on issues in teaching and learning, emphasizing the connection between theory, research, and practice. Research and study areas include learning sciences, pedagogy and didactics, learning and teaching technologies, philosophy of education, research methods in education, multiculturalism and education, developing thinking skills, metacognition in subject areas, and more. The program awards a bachelor's degree with a teaching certificate for middle and high school. Subject areas in which students can specialize in teaching include Civics (political science and law), Art (art, creative work, and art history), English, geography, history, Hebrew language, music, Bible, mathematics, literature, Arabic, and theater.

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data

After the degree

The degree awarded

Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)

What graduates work as

Nursing (Registered Nurses)most commonProviding care, support, and nursing services to patients. Planning and managing care, supervising healthcare workers, and collaborating with medical and other teams.
Teaching in elementary schoolmost commonTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
Shop Sales Assistancemost commonSelling goods and services directly to the public or on behalf of businesses, and explaining how the products and services being sold work and what their features are.
Nursing Care in Private Homesmost commonProviding routine nursing care to patients and helping them with their daily activities in their own homes and other independent living settings.
Teaching in secondary schoolmost commonTeaching at the secondary-school level, excluding the teaching of subjects intended to prepare students for work in specific fields of employment.

Which industries they work in

Education60%

Graduates’ salaries are below average 10,200 ₪ average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across all institutions)

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026

Admitted students and graduates

average across all institutions

Program length: 3 years

Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data

Money

How the institution is funded

Budgeted institutions

Tuition2026/27

Annual tuition for a full-time bachelor's degree program in the 2026/27 academic year: ₪12,203.

Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.il /…/מוסדות מתוקצביםchecked 4 Oct 2026
Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.il /…/שכר-הלימודchecked 4 Oct 2026