Statement from the Chairman of the Council of Higher Education on the Dam Score Debates

With a little time left for the university exams to be held on 18 and 19 June, YÖK took a surprising and reactionary decision. This decision was to remove the TYT and AYT threshold scores, which were 150 and 180 before. While the decision was met with reaction in Turkey, today From the President of YÖK Erol Özvar response to criticism.

Speaking about this new system, which can open the way for students to answer only two questions correctly and become university students, Özvar said that in the new system, the exam was eliminated from the elimination procedure. based on score He said that they made it a success ranking test. Özvar, in universities that the rate of increase in the quota is higher than the rate of increase in the number of students taking the higher education exam. also announced.

Statement on the criticism of ‘Those who score close to zero will enter the university’

Reminding that candidates with a score below 150 in the previous system could not apply for any quota, Özvar stated that any candidate whose score can be calculated with the new system can apply to the programs. Ozvar, students with a score close to zero He responded to the claim that he was going to enter the university as follows:

“All the students who took the exam are our children. Because of an exam, students said, ‘Criminals, the city will fill the universities, I don’t know.’ I absolutely reject the statement. I don’t find it right to attribute such a thing to our students. Students who will enter the program will only win if their points and rankings are sufficient for that quota.

Although these thresholds are removed as points, the rankings that we accepted in the previous years continue in certain areas. In other words, these do not change for entering medical school or law school.”