A large portion of school students in Israel are falling below the educational standards set by the Education Ministry, Channel 12 reported on Saturday, citing leaked results from exams conducted last year by the National Authority for Educational Measurement and Evaluation (RAMA).

While the results had partially been made public earlier this month, Channel 12 reported that the Education Ministry had attempted to keep the science scores confidential, and they were not released with the rest of the data.

According to the leaked results, just three percent of ninth grade students in Israel met the requirements of the science curriculum, while another 16% came close to, but did not meet, the requirements. Eight-one percent of students fell short of the science curriculum’s expectations for ninth grade students.

The issue was not limited to science or to ninth grade students, Channel 12 found, as just 37% of sixth grade students were up to par in mathematics, and only 36% of sixth grade students met the English language curriculum requirements.

The data published by Channel 12 was the continuation of a trend that sparked concern over the state of Israel’s education system earlier this month, when results from 2025 exams showed that only 22 percent of Israeli ninth........

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