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Constantly Changing Exam Requirements Test Patience of Turkish Youth
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Constantly changing exam requirements test patience of Turkish youth
June 29, 2010
Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu's announcement Monday that the three-stage examimplementedthree years ago for high school entrance would be changed back to a single test is just the latestreversalto have students, families and educatorsabuzz.
"The [government] does not have a clear policy on how to govern national education with democratic methods and in a scientific way,' said Zübeyde Kılıç, president-general of the educators' union Eğitim-Sen, whoblamedthe ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, forabandoningthe concept of national education and leaving it up to the private sector.
Çubukçu defended the ministry's recent decision by saying the current qualification test for high school entrance, known as the SBS, subjects children to exam stress at too young an age. "Education is a very lively process,' she said, adding that the ministry arrived at its decision by listening to academic experts andconsultingscientific reports. "We are living in a rapidly changing world so we have toadministerour [country's] education by constantly questioning our understanding of governing.'
Currently, students have to take the SBS in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Under the new plan Çubukçu announced Monday, the exam will bephase outgradually. Students who have already taken at least one of the tests will finish out the existing three-step process, while those who start sixth grade in the fall will take a single exam in the eighth grade. The minister announced Tuesday that the high school entrance exam would beeliminatealtogether in four years.
"How easy directing education is; just change the tests and it is done,' Sadık Gültekin wrote in his Tuesdaycolumnfor daily Vatan. "Did you notice? Hüseyin Çelik [Çubukçu'spredecessor] came and his first action was changing the testing system. The person responsible for [the Higher Education Board, or] YÖK came and his first action was changing the tests. Nimet Çubukçu came and her first action was changing the tests.'
Sürekli Değişen Sınav Koşulları Gençlerin Sabrını Zorluyor - Constantly Changing Exam Requirements Test Patience of Turkish Youth
Constantly changing exam requirements test patience of Turkish youth
June 29, 2010
Education Minister Nimet Çubukçu's announcement Monday that the three-stage examimplementedthree years ago for high school entrance would be changed back to a single test is just the latestreversalto have students, families and educatorsabuzz.
"The [government] does not have a clear policy on how to govern national education with democratic methods and in a scientific way,' said Zübeyde Kılıç, president-general of the educators' union Eğitim-Sen, whoblamedthe ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, forabandoningthe concept of national education and leaving it up to the private sector.
Çubukçu defended the ministry's recent decision by saying the current qualification test for high school entrance, known as the SBS, subjects children to exam stress at too young an age. "Education is a very lively process,' she said, adding that the ministry arrived at its decision by listening to academic experts andconsultingscientific reports. "We are living in a rapidly changing world so we have toadministerour [country's] education by constantly questioning our understanding of governing.'
Currently, students have to take the SBS in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Under the new plan Çubukçu announced Monday, the exam will bephase outgradually. Students who have already taken at least one of the tests will finish out the existing three-step process, while those who start sixth grade in the fall will take a single exam in the eighth grade. The minister announced Tuesday that the high school entrance exam would beeliminatealtogether in four years.
"How easy directing education is; just change the tests and it is done,' Sadık Gültekin wrote in his Tuesdaycolumnfor daily Vatan. "Did you notice? Hüseyin Çelik [Çubukçu'spredecessor] came and his first action was changing the testing system. The person responsible for [the Higher Education Board, or] YÖK came and his first action was changing the tests. Nimet Çubukçu came and her first action was changing the tests.'
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=constantly-changing-exam-requirements-test-turkish-students-2010-06-29
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