Special Education Track: Kindergarten (Birth to 6)
The Achva Academic CollegeBachelor of Education (B.Ed)
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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
Studies provide the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to provide academic and social support and promote students with special needs and various difficulties, such as cerebral palsy, blindness and hearing difficulties, complex learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, students on the autism spectrum, and more. In the second year of the degree, students can also enroll in a teacher-training certificate program.
- 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
- Special Education Teachingmost commonTeaching people of all ages with physical or mental disabilities, learning disabilities or special needs, and promoting their social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.
- Teaching in elementary schoolTeaching a range of subjects at the elementary-school level.
- Preschool EducationPromoting the social, physical and intellectual development of young children through educational activities and games.
- Teaching in secondary schoolTeaching at the secondary-school level, excluding the teaching of subjects intended to prepare students for work in specific fields of employment.
- Other work in the field of teachingProviding individual instruction in other subjects and educational counseling in schools.
Which industries they work in
- Education68%
Graduate salaries below average: ₪11,700 average monthly salary 5–6 years after completing their studies(average across all institutions)
Most graduates go on to a master's degree(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
- Average bagrut score of admitted students: 102 points
- Average psychometric score: 550 points
- 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
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