At the opening of the 2020 matriculation deadlines, the Department of Education is tightening its punishment for using a cellphone or smartwatch at the exam • We will see that he will lose the right to be re-examined on both consecutive deadlines

• Illustration by Yossi Seliger

Ahead of winter 2020 maturity: The Ministry of Education is tightening its punishment for unauthorized use of the mobile phone while taking exams. In practice, an examiner who is caught in a "template" copy - repeats in uniform format that is repeated, or suspected of using a mobile phone or smart watch - will lose his automatic right to be re-tested on both consecutive deadlines.

The literature exam that will take place tomorrow (Monday) will be the first round of the winter maturity this year and will be approached by about 40,000 examinees in about 600 educational institutions. A total of 200,000 students will be tested this year on 87 questionnaires in the various subjects. The exam that will signify the maturity of winter will be in legacy - Islam, the Christian and Druze religion.

The matriculation in English will be held on January 16, where approximately 100,000 students from approximately 1,100 schools will be examined. Matriculation in Mathematics will take place on January 23, taking in 85,000 students.

Education Minister Rabbi Rafi Peretz welcomed the opening of the matriculation exams winter, adding: "I think these exams are most effective and help students get the most out of their exams, and deploying them over two dates contributes greatly to this. For academic excellence that will be reflected in the upcoming tests. Good luck. "

Minister of Education Rabbi Rafi Peretz // Photo: Yossi Zeliger

Education Ministry Director Shmuel Abubav noted that "Winter exams give the education system the flexibility to enable every student and student to realize their potential. We are determined to allow every student, in every sector, to exit the education system with a high school diploma, and extended winter dates give students plenty of opportunities to succeed. We have significantly improved the passing of exam questionnaires, and the transfer of grades, through a variety of technological means. "

In the meantime, as part of the process of streamlining and maintaining the environment, the exam division has expanded the process of entering grades by computerized means and this year, for the first time, all grades will be reported by electronic means and not forms. The Ministry of Education says the move will save paperwork and bureaucracy and allow more effective control over processes and information transfer.

The ministry also notes that within the purity of exams, the deadlines for launching the questionnaires and opening the safes will be differentiated with the aim of preventing prior exposure, before the exam, to high-risk questionnaires.

Also, this year will significantly reduce the need to manually paste stickers on the examiners' notebooks, and the use of online exams for students with learning disabilities will be expanded.