The LGS selection process has begun! Here's what you need to know

According to the "Transition to Secondary Education Preference and Placement Guide" released bythe Ministry of National Education ( MEB ), candidates can choose from three groups: schools that accept students based on central exam scores, schools that accept students through local placement, and schools with boarding houses. Students who do not take the central exam can choose from two groups: local placement and schools with boarding houses.

UNDERAGE WITH EQUAL SCORES Central placement will be made according to preferences for science high schools, social sciences high schools, Anatolian high schools, Anatolian imam hatip high schools, project schools, and Anatolian technical programs of vocational and technical Anatolian high schools that accept students through a central exam based on exam score superiority. Students can choose up to 10 schools from the list of these schools. Placement will be made according to preferences for the determined quotas of the schools based on score superiority. In case of tie, placement will be made according to the superiority of School Achievement Score (OBP), superiority of Year-End Achievement Score (YBP) in 8th, 7th and 6th grades, low number of days of unexcused absences in 8th grade, preference priority, and younger age based on the student's date of birth.

A MAXIMUM OF 20 SCHOOLS All candidates must choose a school that accepts students through local placement. If a local placement is not chosen, the preference screen for schools that accept students through centralized exams and boarding schools will not open. Students who have completed their final registration to private secondary schools and schools that accept students through aptitude tests will not be able to make preferences. Students will be able to choose 5 schools, including the top 3 from the local placement registration area. A maximum of 3 schools of the same school type can be selected. Students may, if they wish, choose 20 schools, including a maximum of 10 from the schools that accept students through centralized exams screen and a maximum of 5 from the boarding schools screen.