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Mofet

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Mofet is an educational program
Educational program
An educational program is a program written by the ministry of education which determines the learning progress of each subject in all the stages of formal education....

 developed in order to promote academic education in Israel. MoFeT is a Hebrew acronym composed of the initial letters of "Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions....

, Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science; it is the study of matter and its motion through spacetime and all that derives from these, such as energy and force...

, Culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has different meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...

"; the Hebrew word mofet means: "paragon; outstanding exemplar".

The Mofet program is usually offered at middle and high schools, but in 2003 Mofet began to include elementary schools as well. The Mofet program focuses on mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions....

, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science; it is the study of matter and its motion through spacetime and all that derives from these, such as energy and force...

, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, behavior, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions...

, English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...

 and computers.
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Mofet is an educational program
Educational program
An educational program is a program written by the ministry of education which determines the learning progress of each subject in all the stages of formal education....

 developed in order to promote academic education in Israel. MoFeT is a Hebrew acronym composed of the initial letters of "Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions....

, Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science; it is the study of matter and its motion through spacetime and all that derives from these, such as energy and force...

, Culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has different meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...

"; the Hebrew word mofet means: "paragon; outstanding exemplar".

The Mofet program is usually offered at middle and high schools, but in 2003 Mofet began to include elementary schools as well. The Mofet program focuses on mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the science and study of quantity, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions....

, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science; it is the study of matter and its motion through spacetime and all that derives from these, such as energy and force...

, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, behavior, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions...

, English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...

 and computers. High school students (Grades 10-12) in Mofet classes are encouraged to take a higher level of matriculation units in these subjects.

Of about 1.5 million Israeli students enrolled for the 2005-2006 school year, about 20,000 students participate in the Mofet program in their schools and about 2500 students participate through extracurricular settings.

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