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YÖK announced that universities would not receive face-to-face education in the spring due to the epidemic disease. The students continued to study with the university’s distance education system. In this process, students who continued their education without interruption were intensively researching how to take the intermediate and final exams. Will some steps be taken within the scope of the standardization schedule, will education in universities start again? brought to mind the question. The statement, expected by thousands of university students, came from Yekta Saraç, the president of YÖK. Universities will open here, how will the midterm exams be conducted? Answers to questions and explanation details …
Will there be a face-to-face exam?
In a statement made by his social media account, YÖK President Saraç stated that, as a result of his assessment regarding the views of the Ministry of Health, they decided not to conduct face-to-face (final) exams at universities and all other exams of this academic year. 
EXAMS WILL BE TAKEN WITH ALTERNATIVE METHODS!
In universities where it is announced that there will be no face-to-face exams, the exams will be carried out through “digital possibilities” or “through the use of alternative methods, such as assignments and projects”, provided they are transparent and auditable. 
YÖK SENDS WRITING TO THE UNIVERSITIES
In the letter sent to the universities by the Higher Education Institution, the statements of the Ministry of Health on the article “Covid-19 measures dated May 11, 2020” addressed to YÖK were shared;
“It is seen that situations such as the massive movements of students between cities, bringing together students from different settlements, reactivating the student dormitories and not being able to comply with the social distance in the examination environments will create an inevitable risk in the pandemic struggle that we are controlling” . Parallel to the decisions made by the Higher Education Council in the previous formal education programs, and the decisions made regarding the midterm exams, it is important that the final exams and other exams belonging to this academic year are carried out by applying online or alternative assessment and evaluation methods. “
WHEN WILL THE UNIVERSITIES OPEN?
In the written statement made on the YÖK official website in recent days, information was shared about when the universities will open.
Academic calendars can be determined after this date in our universities and especially in the processes related to application courses that cannot be taught by distance education in the spring period; It can be built taking gradual and protective measures, provided that the prerequisite mentioned above is met from June 15, 2020 with the reasonable number of students.
The senates of our universities will be able to determine the most suitable calendar for them “taking into account their own conditions”. Final exams and evaluation of student success will be carried out in accordance with the “legally transparent, explanatory and auditable principles” determined by the corresponding higher education institution.
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