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The Greek Ministry of Education is replacing the majority of the members of the central examinations committee overlooking the upcoming Greek university entrance exams, Kathimerini understands.

Over 103,000 candidates are competing for 69,985 places at universities and technical colleges. The entry exams are set to begin on May 16.

The Panhellenic Exams for university entry will be held for the children of Greeks living abroad and children of Greek officials serving abroad from September 7 to September 11 at examination centers in Athens and Thessaloniki.

The following exam program is being offered:

The grades of a nationwide high school entrance exam will be recalculated for 371 non-Muslim students who were exempted from questions on the Islamic faith, as their scores on the religion section of the exam were calculated as zero, which lowered their overall grade, Turkish Education Ministry sources told daily Hürriyet on June 30.

Bulgarian Education Minister Todor Tanev announced on Friday that the salaries of teachers were likely to increase in the autumn.

Tanev reminded that the increase in teachers' salaries always happened in the autumn and expressed hope that this year would not make a difference, he said in an interview for private NOVA TV.

Gross hourly teaching rate ranging from € 15.51 to € 19.09 / Ten month fixed term contract (September 2015 to June 2016)

Open to all staff/ Must have the pre-existing right to work in Greece

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The Ministry of Culture, Education and Religion has submitted modifications to the draft bill on fighting violence in sports, voted in principle at the relevant Parliamentary committee on Tuesday night.

Dozens of people have been arrested as a part of an operation into the allegations of cheating at the Public Personnel Selection Examination (KPSS) conducted in 2010.

The Ankara Police Department launched the operation in 14 provinces in an effort to detain a total of 82 suspects. They have detained 61 people so far.

The first round of exams for entrance into Turkish universities began on March 15, with more than 2 million students participating across Turkey.

In the PISA test, which is research on education conducted in 65 countries comparing their achievements, Turkey was at the 44th place recently on secondary education quality. 

The issue of whether or not students should be allowed to transfer to any university they would prefer to the one they entered via national exams is extremely complicated.