University Exam Dam Statement from the President of YÖK

Recently, the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) has threshold points The decision, which drew quite a reaction on social media, was also criticized by experts.

Thereupon, the President of the Council of Higher Education Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar made a statement regarding the removal of the threshold score in the university exam. Özvar, who made explanations about why the decision was taken and what the advantages would be, said that with the abolition of the dam. competition between students He pointed out that this will increase and the psychological pressure on the candidates will disappear.

“Quality discussion is supremely wrong discussion”

Speaking to writer Nuray Babacan from Hürriyet newspaper, Özvar stated that with the removal of the dam, competition among students will increase and there will be more students in the preference pool; It also includes the quality discussions that this development will reduce the quality of students and education. “extremely wrong” evaluated as.

Regarding the decision, Özvar “We wanted to give more students the opportunity to make a choice. By removing the dam score, we ensured that there were a lot more students in the preference pool. Students, because of the dam. repression they are under. We wanted to be able to remove the psychological pressure on them, to direct and motivate them to be successful, and to provide more competition among students.” used the phrases.

He noted the superiority of points

With the new system, people who have the advantage of points in the preference pool, get a certain program in the exam. if the score is enough Noting that he can obtain the right to register, Özvar said, “In short, if the student can obtain TYT and AYT exam scores, as it was last year, he will have the opportunity to get a raw score of 0.5 net.” expressed as.

For a person to be eligible to enroll in a university program point advantage Özvar, who pointed out that there should be In addition, Özvar states that a person who does not have a rank of success and does not get the score required by the university program is already can’t win expressed.