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Early Childhood: Kindergarten Track (Birth to age 6)

David Yellin College of EducationBachelor of Education (B.Ed)

No psychometric exam — with a bagrut average of 92 or moreTeacher trainingPeriphery 44 grant — a contribution to first-year tuitionWho: Discharged soldiers and those who have completed national service.per the Ministry of Defense page as checked on 4 Oct 2026

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Admission requirements

You can be admitted through one of these tracks:

By bagrut, no psychometric exam

Quality bagrut certificate track (without a psychometric exam)(our wording)

  • Exemption from the psychometric exam requirement for applicants with a weighted bagrut average of at least 92

Regular track

Bagrut certificate and psychometric exam track

  • Applicants will be admitted based on a combined score of at least 540

Through a preparatory program

Pre-academic mechina track

  • Graduates of the academic mechina at David Yellin College or of pre-academic mechinot recognized by the Council for Higher Education may be admitted without a psychometric exam, based on their average grades in the designated mechina, in accordance with the Council for Higher Education’s regulations on mutual recognition

Regular track

Holders of a foreign high-school diploma

  • Applicants without an Israeli bagrut must take the Yael exam and will be admitted based on a psychometric exam score of 540 and a Yael exam score of 110

Regular track

Outstanding Candidates for Teaching

  • Applicants to the Outstanding Candidates for Teaching program must have a combined score of 615 or higher, based on their Mesila test score, and demonstrate outstanding ethical values

Special track

Review of Exceptional Cases Track

  • Applicants who do not meet the requirements of any of the admission tracks listed above will have their application reviewed by a review of exceptional cases after they have gone through an admissions committee, subject to the College’s considerations

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

  • Every applicant must pass an admissions committee review and a personal interview
  • All students admitted to the College must present an English placement score
  • Applicants to these programs who hold an Israeli bagrut certificate that is not in Hebrew and have chosen to study in a Hebrew-language program will also be required to take a Hebrew proficiency test (Yael).The exam may be taken through the end of the first year, and a score of at least 110 is required
  • eligibility for a bagrut certificate

The Hebrew terms

bagrut certificateתעודת בגרותquality bagrutבגרות איכותיתbagrutבגרותpsychometric examפסיכומטריexemptionפטורapplicantמועמדcombined scoreציון משולבmechinaמכינהCouncil for Higher Educationמל"גforeign high-school diplomaבגרות חו"ל

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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.

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

Money

How the institution is funded

Institutions funded by the Ministry of Education

Periphery 44 grant

Periphery 44 grant — a contribution to first-year tuition

Who: Discharged soldiers and those who have completed national service.

per the Ministry of Defense page as checked on 4 Oct 2026

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An unofficial guide. Every fact comes from a public source — the institutions' sites, the Council for Higher Education, the Labor Ministry's Avodata, the Ministry of Defense — and links to it. Requirements change: check the institution's site before you apply.

How the data was collected

  • The Council for Higher Education register of institutions and programs — 2 Oct 2026
  • Avodata, Ministry of Labor: fields, employment and pay — 2023 data, collected 2 Oct 2026
  • Institutions' sites: admission requirements — checked 2 Oct 2026–5 Oct 2026
  • The Russian, English and French text is machine-translated and reviewed; where they differ, the Hebrew original prevails

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