Student Selection and Placement System

More than 2.2 million students across Turkey will enter the University Entrance Examination (YGS) on March 12, vying to secure a place in the country's top universities.

According to the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), some 2,265, 902 students will take the exam, up from the 2,178,563 who took the test last year.  

Once more, the bitter fact that our education system is undergoing a total collapse has struck our faces like a slap. 

According to recent reports, the 27,863 candidates who sat for an aptitude test to become math teachers were only able to answer an average of nine questions correctly out of 50.

The Higher Education Board (YÖK) on Dec. 19 denied reports that it is preparing to introduce a new system for high-school graduates' entry to university programs. 

"There has not been any work from YÖK concerning the university admission system. There are no talks with any other ministry either, unlike what was asserted in the related news report," the YÖK stated. 

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.