ÖSYM

The average of mathematics scores of students who took the University Entrance Examination (YGS) has dropped to a five-year low, according to statistics released by the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM). 

 "Globalization, digital innovation and climate change, among other factors, continue to change the world in which we work — posing both challenges as well as opportunities in realizing women's economic potential for a better tomorrow," according to the United Nations. 

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.  

The University Entrance Examination (YGS) will be held across Turkey on March 12, and the Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) has issued its classic pre-exam warnings and advice. 

Ankara prosecutors will examine the computers of the Student Selection and Placement Center's (ÖSYM) as part of a probe into the Gülenist network's alleged theft of the questions on some of the tests over the last 15 years. 

Police carried out an investigative search at the Student Selection and Placement Center's (ÖSYM) top secret unit for preparation of questions for Turkey's central higher education exams, amid accusations of cheating leveled at the movement of U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen.

Five police officers face from one to three years in prison each for cuffing a young boy under the age 18, who protested Turkey's top higher education body in Ankara with others in March this year.

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