High school grade retention policy reinstated
Students in high school who fail more than 6 courses, including those from lower grades, will be required to repeat the year. The policy of passing a grade with a 50 average has also been terminated. Transfers to open high schools will not be permitted except in exceptional circumstances.
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The Ministry of National Education has made its decision. Grade retention, or failing a grade, has returned to high schools. Students who fail more than 6 courses, including those from lower grades, will be held back. They will repeat that grade the following year.
According to the regulation published in the Official Gazette and which has entered into force, students who fail more than 6 courses, including those from lower grades, will repeat the grade.
PASSING WITH A 50 AVERAGE WILL NO LONGER BE POSSIBLE
With the regulation published in the Official Gazette and which has entered into force, the practice of passing a grade with a 50 average has been terminated.
Accordingly, students who fail more than 6 courses, including those from lower grades, will repeat the grade.
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS TO OPEN HIGH SCHOOLS
Restrictions have also been placed on transfers to open high schools. From now on, under the scope of the regulation, transfers to open high schools will not be possible except in exceptional circumstances.