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The pandemic also affected profession choices: 6 out of 10 students changed their preferences

Stating that the coronavirus pandemic also affects students' choice of profession, Chairman of the Board of Gökkuşağı College, Abdulkadir Gayretli said: “6 out of 10 students have changed their preferences. The students started to prefer professions that they could work more about the healthcare or from distance.”

The subjects for the Higher Education Institutions Exam (YKS) and High School Placement Exam (LGS) have been determined. The YKS date for the 12th grades has been changed and postponed to July 25 - 26. Despite this delay, students will be responsible for only the first semester of 12th grade curriculum in addition to 9th, 10th and 11th grade curricula at YKS. Although the date of the exam, which is June 7, 2020 for 8th grades, has not changed, the scope of the exam has been restructured to be the first semester MEB (the Ministry of National Education) curriculum. Stating that 8th and 12th grade students are prepared for the exams within the current subjects, Chairman of the Board of Gökkuşağı College, Abdulkadir Gayretli said: “The coronavirus outbreak will also affect university preferences. Students are now changing their professional preferences.”

“THEY PREFER THE PROFESSIONS TO WORK FROM DISTANCE”

Stating that 6 out of 10 students change their profession preferences, Gayretli said: “The coronavirus outbreak plays a huge role in preferences. The students have started to prefer professions that they could work more about healthcare or from distance. In addition to all health-related branches; web design, mobile application development, robot and genetic engineering, and artificial intelligence expertise seem to be among the most popular professions.”

“WE REALIZED A DIFFERENCE”

Stating that they prepare students for the exams together with the online trial exams, Gayretli said: “Our Guidance and Psychological Counselors are with the students for the university and profession preferences. In this process, after the interviews made by our advisors, we realized that there are differences in the preferences that the students planned to make. The coronavirus pandemic affected the profession preferences.”