What is OYSS? MEB's new common examination system

The new Joint Written Examination System (OYSS) of the Ministry of National Education (MEB) is being implemented for the first time this week. Common written exams held throughout the school in secondary and high schools will now be prepared and evaluated through a digital system. For this reason, the question "What is OYSS and how does it work?" came to the fore in search engines.

According to the Ministry of Education's statement, the aim of the system is to prepare exams in a valid and reliable manner, compatible with the learning outcomes in the curriculum. It is also aimed to analyze the results according to these learning outcomes.

In which classes and courses will OYSS be applied?

The system is implemented in the 5th, 6th and 7th grades of secondary school and the 9th, 10th and 11th grades of high school in the 2026-2027 academic year. According to the courses announced by the Ministry of Education, Turkish, mathematics, science, social studies, religious culture and ethics, and English are included in secondary school. In high school, Turkish language and literature, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, religious culture and ethics, philosophy and English are included.

How are the questions prepared?

According to news based on the Ministry of Education's statement dated October 20, teachers prepare two open-ended questions and their scoring keys for each exam. Other questions are selected from the MEB question pool accessed through the new EBA. It is aimed to transfer approximately 8 thousand questions to the pool before the first written ones. Additionally, the questions in the pool are made available to teachers four days before the exam.

Questions will be of different difficulty levels, skill-based and open-ended. This approach is defined as compatible with the formative evaluation approach in the Türkiye Century Education Model.

When will the exams be held?

The first semester's first joint papers are held between 3 and 13 November 2026. Exam duration is 40 minutes. If there is only one exam a day, it is held in the second lesson period; if there are two exams, it is held in the second and fourth lesson hours. For example, the 6th grade mathematics exam will be held on November 11, and the 10th grade Turkish language and literature exam will be held on the same day across the country on November 12.

The results will be transferred to e-School on a question-by-question basis.