Israel Ministry of Education tightens sanctions for fraud in matriculation exams
September 01, 2022
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The Director-General of the Ministry of Education has issued a new circular providing for a significant increase in penalties for fraud in matriculation examinations.
Under the new rules, students who arrive late will not be allowed to take the exam (until now, late arrivals of less than 10 minutes were allowed).
A student caught taking an exam with a mobile electronic device will be banned from the Matura exam for a year instead of half a year. A student who appears for the Matura exam, despite excommunication, will again be excommunicated from the exam for a year (previously it was for up to a year).
A student who falsifies documents for admission to the exam or sends another person to take the exam instead of himself, or who tries to enter the university with a fake matriculation certificate, will be prevented from obtaining a matriculation certificate for a period of five years, in addition to the possible filing of a complaint with the police.
At the same time, a decision was made to exempt pupils caught cheating on the matriculation exam in the so-called "reinforced" subject (an additional subject studied for 5 matriculation units) from having to retake the exam after the end of the excommunication period, provided that he passed exams in at least two "reinforced" subjects. In this case, it will be enough to contact the school to cancel the exam in order to receive a full certificate.
The tightening of sanctions was the result of an increase in the number of detected cases of fraud, especially with digital funds.