Please note!! Additional time will only be granted if the diagnosis was done in an institute recognized by the Scientific Council (a full list follows).

General information

Special accommodations or additional time will be granted if the following criteria are met:
 

• The request for additional time and/or special accommodations may be submitted with the exam registration forms or separately, up to one month prior to the exam date
• The Examination Committee will not consider requests that arrive after the submission deadline or that do not include the appropriate documentation
• The additional time allotted for each part of the exam, in accordance with the rules of the Scientific Council for eligible examinees, is 15 minutes for every exam hour
•  Each examinee who meets the criteria stipulated below and believes that he/she needs an accommodation that is not listed here, is entitled to contact the Exceptions Committee and send the relevant documents
• The request should be submitted online (Hebrew)
   

Accommodations for pregnant women
 

• Women who are pregnant on the specified exam date, as certified by a gynecologist based on a blood test, are eligible for an additional 15 minutes for every exam hour
• The accommodation will be granted only upon presentation of valid medical documentation
   

Accommodations for nursing women
 

• Women who, on the exam date, need to go out to breastfeed or pump milk will be entitled to an additional 30 minutes
   

Accommodations for a temporary or permanent medical or physical disability
 

• An examinee may be eligible, with the appropriate documentation, for additional time or other accommodations due to a physical or medical disability, permanent or temporary, or any other problem that might make it difficult to be tested under regular conditions
• An examinee who is interested in submitting a request for accommodations due to disabilities should do so when he/she fills in the registration form for the exam or up until one month prior to the exam
   

Accommodations due to a diagnosed learning disability
 

An examinee may be eligible for additional time or other accommodations due to a valid diagnosis of a learning disability, if he/she meets the general conditions listed below and the specific conditions vis-à-vis each diagnosis
 

• The diagnosis was conducted after the age of 20
• The diagnosis was conducted by an institute recognized by the Scientific Council
• The examinee must submit documents certifying the credentials of the diagnostician
• A diagnosis will not be accepted unless it meets the criteria
   

Requests pertaining to learning disabilities will be considered only after receiving the results of a diagnosis recognized by the Scientific Council and listed here: Diagnostic institutes approved by the Israel National Institute for Testing and Evaluation 
 

• Tel Hai College, Center for Assistance with Learning Disabilities
  04-8181421
   
• University of Haifa, Yahel Institute
  04-8249022
   
• Yael Institute, Haifa
  04-8383373
   
• Jezreel Valley College, Brosh Institute
  04-6423449
   
• Open University, Ra’anana, Malal Center for the Diagnosis of Learning Disability
  09-7781126
   
• Ben-Dror Institute, Ramat Hasharon
  03-5499895
   
• Beit Berl College, near Kfar Sava
  09-7476994
   
• Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Diagnostic Center
  02-5881183
  (Branches at the Mt. Scopus campus and the Agriculture Faculty in Rehovot)
   
• Ella Institute, National Center for Examinations and Evaluation, Jerusalem
  02-6759584
   
• Achva College, Ella-Achva Institute
  08-8588139
   
• Tel Aviv University, Matal Learning Function Center
  03-6405449
   
• Western Galilee College, Diagnostic Center
  04-9015238
   
• Ariel University, Ariel Diagnostic Institute
  03-9066318
   
• Levinsky College of Education, Menad Center, Tel Aviv
  03-6901634
   
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Diagnostic Center
  08-6479487
   
• Oranim College, Oren Institute
  04-9838997/71
   
• Mashabim Institute – Psychological and Neuropsychological Services
  08-6238899

*Approvals for additional time from the university will be accepted.

An examinee who meets the conditions for receiving extra time must submit the relevant documents when registering for an exam. The request for extra time should be submitted for each exam registration, even if already submitted in the past. No extra time will be granted to examinees who did not receive approval for this in advance.