Early Childhood: Kindergarten Track (Birth to age 6)
Shaanan Academic Religious Teachers’ CollegeBachelor of Education (B.Ed)
No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 92 or moreTeacher training
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Admission requirements
Intake for the 2026/27 academic year
You can be admitted through one of these tracks:
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Bachelor’s degree registration – women: admission requirements for the 2026/27 academic year(our wording)
- Bagrut average of 92 or higher
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Bachelor’s degree registration – women: bagrut average of 85–92 + interview, or mechina 92(our wording)
- Applicants with a bagrut certificate who pass an admission interview and whose bagrut average is between 85–92, or mechina graduates with a grade of 92 or higher
- Admission based on studies and an appropriate grade from designated pre-academic mechinot across the country, as follows: designated for engineering and exact sciences, designated for natural and life sciences, and designated for social sciences and humanities.
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Bachelor’s degree registration – men: admission requirements for the 2026/27 academic year(our wording)
- Bagrut average of 92 or higher
By bagrut, no psychometric exam
Bachelor’s degree registration – men: bagrut average of 85–92 + interview, or mechina 92(our wording)
- Applicants with a bagrut certificate who pass an admission interview and whose bagrut average is between 85–92, or mechina graduates with a grade of 92 or higher
- Admission based on studies and an appropriate grade from designated pre-academic mechinot across the country, as follows: designated for engineering and exact sciences, designated for natural and life sciences, and designated for social sciences and humanities.
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.
The Hebrew terms
bachelor's degreeתואר ראשוןacademic yearשנת הלימודיםbagrut averageממוצע בגרותbagrutבגרותmechinaמכינהbagrut certificateתעודת בגרות
- Source:The institution's siteshaanan.ac.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026intake 2026/27
What you study
The degree provides theoretical knowledge alongside practical experience in early childhood education. Most institutions offer several study tracks, including teacher training for ages from birth to 6, an extension to age 8—including grades 1 and 2—and a special education track. Topics covered in the degree include the physiology of child development, children's literature, music for early childhood, movement, language development, nutrition for early childhood, children at risk, play and learning, designing learning environments, parenting and community, educational thought, integrating children with special needs, and more.
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
After the degree
The degree awarded
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed)
- Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.ilchecked 2 Oct 2026
Admitted students and graduates
average across all institutions
- Program length: 3 years
- Average bagrut score of admitted students 77 points
- Average psychometric score 390 points
- Source:Avodata, Ministry of Laboravodata.labor.gov.ilchecked 2 Oct 20262023 data
Money
How the institution is funded
Institutions funded by the Ministry of Education
- Source:Council for Higher Educationche.org.ilchecked 4 Oct 2026
Links
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