Compromise: allowed some end-of-semester exams on campus

The Council for Higher Education and the universities on Thursday accepted the Student Union compromise proposal, which will allow for some end-of-semester exams on campus - and not remotely. This ended the crisis that threatened to harm thousands of students.
According to the compromise, universities can hold up to 10% of campus exams, and the rest will be conducted remotely or converted into jobs. Each academic institution will be able to decide which exams will be held on campus and remotely, without prior approval from the MMA. In addition, it was decided that students who could not be tested online off-campus - could be tested on campus; On the other hand, students who are unable to take the campus exam because they are in isolation or at risk - will have the opportunity to do an alternative assessment as early as this semester.
The crisis was created after the Corona Cabinet accepted Higher Education Minister Ze'ev Elkin's proposal to cancel most of the exams on campus, and allow universities to hold a small portion of exams since Sunday, with the approval of the Fellowship. The universities protested unanimously Advance notice, and for Elkin's refusal to discuss the compromise proposal he submitted, which would have allowed some of the exams to be on campus.
According to the universities, exams in fields such as medicine, engineering and science cannot be exchanged at a distance exam, and canceling them could hurt students. In addition, the universities have mentioned that the Ministry of Health has presented an outline that allows students to take the exams on campus, commenting that the state continues to hold high school and college exams.
The University Heads Committee said: "The universities will follow the instructions of the Ministry of Health. All along, we are concerned with the concern for the health and future of students, and we welcome the decision, which leaves the institutions with setting academic priorities. "
Minister Elkin said: "I congratulate the members of the Council for Higher Education (NGOs), who together we formulated a proposal that passed unanimously. A proposal that, on the one hand, maintains the health of students and their families, as required by the Ministry of Health, and on the other allows higher education institutions to rebuild this semester's exam schedule under the new conditions. The proposal will bring stability to the students, enabling them to prepare properly for the tests and pass them successfully in this simple period that we are all going through. "