University Access Exams start

On Monday, June 19, the selection exams for the Balearic University started. Over 2,700 students attended the classroom that were prepared in the University Campus and in centres in Inca, Manacor, Menorca, Ibisa and Formentera, as well as the Art School in Palma, on the third day of the exams to take the Art exams.

The trials for access to the University this year have introduced some changes, some of which have not been well received in the educational community. One of the novelties that has caused most protests is that the final qualification for access to university studies will be calculated with 40% based on the selection exam and 60% on the average of the student's academic file for the course, when previously it was based on the mathematical average between the exam and academic file. Therefore the school average will be more important than the exam and the controversy comes because of the suspicion that some private schools may favour illegally their pupils increasing their average marks.

More information can be found in the update section ARC-46 and in the web of the Balearic University (UIB)

Date of publication: 16/06/2000

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