Matriculation Levels

Matriculation No. 5771 397660

Matriculation No. 7 1529 Examination No.

Table 5 Examinees and entitlement to matriculation certificates 2002

In 1971 he passed his matriculation examination from Government Boys Secondary School, P. E.C.H.

Students with a passing mark on the mandatory matriculation subjects (Hebrew language, English language, mathematics, scripture, history, state studies and literature), who have been tested on at least 21 units, and passed at least one 5 unit exam, receive a full matriculation certificate.

Female minors' entitlement to a matriculation degree also was higher in this sector than male minors (56.3 and 44.7 , respectively).

Female minors' entitlement to a matriculation degree was also higher and stood at 63 , compared with 49.5 of the male minors.

The percentage of female minors taking matriculation exams in science is 45 electronics 12 , biology 66 , chemistry 62 , computers 43 and physics 30 .

The rate of women with a matriculation certificate or a higher diploma (62 ) is higher than that of men (55 ) among the general population.

In recent years, there had been a large increase in the number of Bedouin students who had taken matriculation exams and earned a baccalaureate.

Among the Arab education system, 91.7 of the female minors within the 12th grade age group took the matriculation exams, compared to 84 of the male minors.

Another program relates to advancing female minors in exact sciences and mathematics, encouraging female minors to choose these topics for their matriculation, and later in higher education.

In 2002, 84.3 of the female minors within the 12th grade age group (in the Hebrew education) took matriculation exams, compared with only 75.1 of the male minors.

Although the Forum would be responsible for creating a single non racial education system, the most immediate issues facing it were a strike proposed by Coloured teachers, Black matriculation examinations and classroom disruption.

In recent years, there has been a substantial rise in the percentage of pupils in the Bedouin sector taking matriculations exams (up from 19.7 in the year 1998 to 53.8 in the year 2002), as well as a huge leap in the percentage of pupils entitled to a matriculation certificate (from 15.5 in the year 1998 to 42.8 in the year 2002).