Face-to-face Exam Warning from YÖK to Universities

Since the beginning of the semester period in universities, many university students have been victimized by the constant change in the way finals and make-up exams are held due to the pandemic. In fact, students of many universities on Twitter in the past weeks, brought their grievances to the fore..

Situation by the Higher Education Council (YÖK) Presidency intervened. YÖK, all of the midterm, final and make-up exams in formal education programs to be done face to face issued a statement warning universities about the issue.

‘There are no obstacles to face-to-face exams’

Conducting online midterm and final exams for the academic year 2021-2022 at several universities, and experiencing confusion The following statements are included in the statement made after the complaints made to the Council of Higher Education (YÖK).

“At the Higher Education Executive Board meeting on January 31, 2022, with the normalization process experienced in our country during the global epidemic, face-to-face education was started as of the 2021-2022 academic year, and that there are no obstacles to face-to-face examinationsReminding universities to organize face-to-face midterm, end-of-term and make-up exams in formal education programs in order to ensure unity in practice, and to postpone the exams in a future date by postponing the exams face-to-face in case of any situation that prevents the exams from being held face-to-face in the determined calendar. It has been approved.”

It is clear from the statement made by YÖK that it is thought that there is no need to take the exams online unless the conditions brought by the pandemic are experienced.