Evaluation of class passing conditions of the failed students from the viewpoints of Education Ministry Officials, school administrators, teachers and parents

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Umit Kalkan
Ahmet Koc
Mehmet Karadag

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This survey aims to evaluate the social promotion of class-repeating students, applied with the changes in regulations made by the TRNC Ministry of National Education, for promotion to a higher grade from the viewpoints of Ministry of Education and school administrators, parents, teachers and students. For this survey, the semi-structured qualitative interviews were used. A total of 100 participants were interviewed, including school administrators, teachers and students in a high school. Based on the findings, we concluded that social promotion of the failed students to a higher grade is a defective practice. Also, it is hard in Cyprus to try to fulfill learning deficiencies in the higher grade. Lastly, the ongoing practice of social promotion enforced in recent years was favoured, because the authorities aimed at preventing possible overcrowding in lower grades rather than meeting the requirements of contemporary educational system. Thus, this educational policy in concern has numerous disadvantages.

Keywords: class passing, Ministry of Education, school administrators, teachers, parent.

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Kalkan, U., Koc, A., & Karadag, M. (2017). Evaluation of class passing conditions of the failed students from the viewpoints of Education Ministry Officials, school administrators, teachers and parents. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(9), 46–55. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i9.3041 (Original work published January 11, 2018)
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