{"id":34666,"date":"2011-05-31T10:49:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-31T07:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=34666"},"modified":"2014-01-06T09:33:45","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T07:33:45","slug":"turkeys-osym-makes-u-turn-on-separate-booklet-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/05\/31\/turkeys-osym-makes-u-turn-on-separate-booklet-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey&#8217;s \u00d6SYM makes U-turn on \u2018separate booklet system\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA &#8211; H\u00fcrriyet Daily News<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s testing body \u00d6SYM has abolished the controversial \u201ccandidate-oriented booklet system,\u201d which was criticized for leading to a cheating scandal on the recent university entrance exam, or YGS.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34669\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34669\" title=\"osym-makes-u-turn-on-8216different-booklet-system8217-2011-05-30_l\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/osym-makes-u-turn-on-8216different-booklet-system8217-2011-05-30_l.jpg\" alt=\"DHA photo\" width=\"414\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/osym-makes-u-turn-on-8216different-booklet-system8217-2011-05-30_l.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/osym-makes-u-turn-on-8216different-booklet-system8217-2011-05-30_l-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DHA photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The candidate-based booklet system will no longer be used in any exam, including the Undergraduate Placement Examination, or LYS, and the second leg of the YGS, which will be held on June 18-19 and June 25-26, the Student Selection and Placement Center, or \u00d6SYM, announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Security measures were tightened at this year\u2019s YGS exam by \u00d6SYM after the Public Personnel Selection Examination, or KPSS, questions were stolen last year.<\/p>\n<p>The exam underwent a major renovation with a new system that produced a different booklet for each individual exam candidate, with variations in the order of questions and the multiple-choice answers.<\/p>\n<p>The system was blamed by the majority of educational experts as the major cause of the cheating scandal surrounding the YGS, which took place on March 27.<\/p>\n<p>The booklets will not thus contain the personal information with regard to the exam taker and will each be packaged in the printing house.<\/p>\n<p>The Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office recently decided to proceed no further with charges over cheating allegations surrounding the YGS while asking for a probe into the much-criticized \u00d6SYM chief, Ali Demir.<\/p>\n<p>via Turkey&#8217;s \u00d6SYM makes U-turn on \u2018separate booklet system\u2019 &#8211; Hurriyet Daily News and Economic Review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA &#8211; H\u00fcrriyet Daily News Turkey\u2019s testing body \u00d6SYM has abolished the controversial \u201ccandidate-oriented booklet system,\u201d which was criticized for leading to a cheating scandal on the recent university entrance exam, or YGS. 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