YÖK: Exams at universities will not be conducted face to face
YÖK sent a letter to the universities so that the final exams in the universities and other exams of this academic year are not taken personally, through the use of digital facilities or alternative methods such as tasks and projects that will be preferred by the competent university boards. .
WALL – An article on “Covid-19 precautions” was sent to the universities of the Higher Education Council (YÖK) on the coronavirus epidemic (Covid-19).
‘THE MOVEMENT OF INTERCITY STUDENTS WILL CREATE A RISK’
In the article, the following statements in the article “Covid-19 measures of May 11, 2020 and on Covid-19 measures” written by the Ministry of Health addressed to YÖK:
“It is seen that situations such as the massive movements of students between cities, gathering students from different settlements, reactivating student dormitories and not being able to comply with the social distance in the examination environments will pose an inevitable risk in the pandemic struggle that we are controlling ” The 2019-2020 academic year must be completed without such risks. It is important that distance learning and other exams for this academic year are conducted through the application of online or alternative measure assessment methods in parallel with decisions made by the Higher Education Council in formal education programs.
‘UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES WILL DETERMINE THE EXAM METHOD’
In the article, coordination to take their own measures, taking into account their own infrastructure opportunities, the earnings of the relevant program and the number of students for the theoretical and subsequent training applied to higher education institutions in the process, following the number of cases, in which education started on March 23, 2020. It was reported that a field for action was created within the framework of principles such as management, flexible decisions, delegation of authority.
For the exams, it was stated in the article that most universities made plans in different ways, especially with digital facilities and the online environment, the following was observed:
“Like the Higher Education Council, the two points that we emphasize in all of these processes are that exams must be transparent and auditable, and must be student-centered, taking into account the physical and mental health of the students. Based on the delicacy of the subject, at the meeting of the Executive Board of Higher Education on 05.11.2020, the demand and epidemic process of the Ministry of Health related to the subject in the letter of interest was evaluated. It was decided not to take face-to-face exams and other exams for this academic year, but to apply these digital methods or alternative methods, such as homework and projects preferred by the competent university boards. ” (Ankara / A)
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Erdogan: the 4-day curfew will be imposed
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IMM Assembly extraordinarily called for ‘budget repair’
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