Are applicants receiving questions beyond their textbooks?

On the first day of the HEIs entrance exams, candidates taking the law exam voiced complaints on social media, alleging that the test included questions based on information not found in textbooks, specifically codes and laws. The Knowledge Assessment Agency addressed these concerns.

According to the Agency, in alignment with the President's directives, the test questions for legal sciences were developed based on the current standard of State education and educational programs. The specifics of the test version used for law in the bachelor's degree entrance exams were published on the Agency's official website.

Moreover, the agency's website provides a list of recommended textbooks and educational materials for students preparing for undergraduate entrance exams. Information about referencing the original legal sources when procedural changes occur is also available.

“One particular test question from the 2024/2025 admission tests, which applicants objected to, asked about the repercussions of disrespecting state symbols or parents failing to fulfill their obligations to raise and educate minor children. The aim of such questions is to assess the knowledge that law applicants have gained in secondary education and academic lyceums and to evaluate their ability to apply this knowledge in real-life scenarios,” the report stated.

The Agency clarified that test questions based on regulatory legal documents focus on specific curriculum sections rather than entire documents. Therefore, there were no deviations from the current standard of State education and educational programs in forming legal science test questions.