Book contents
- Higher Education Admissions Practices
- Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context
- Higher Education Admissions Practices
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Series Editor’s Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Global Challenges and Common Admissions Models
- Part II Country-Specific Admissions Practices
- Chapter 7 Admissions Policies and Practices and the Reshaping of Access Patterns to Higher Education in Africa
- Chapter 8 Chile’s Admissions Tests: Pending Changes and Revisions
- Chapter 9 Issues of Perceived Fairness in Admissions Assessments in Small Countries: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus
- Chapter 10 Higher Education Admissions Practices in Israel
- Chapter 11 Access, Equity, and Admissions in South African Higher Education
- Chapter 12 Admissions Practices in Sweden
- Chapter 13 Revisions of Admissions Testing in Vietnam: From Elite to Mass Higher Education
- Part III Assessments Used in Higher Education Admissions
- Part IV Rethinking Higher Education Admissions
- Index
- References
Chapter 9 - Issues of Perceived Fairness in Admissions Assessments in Small Countries: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus
from Part II - Country-Specific Admissions Practices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2020
Book contents
- Higher Education Admissions Practices
- Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context
- Higher Education Admissions Practices
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Series Editor’s Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Global Challenges and Common Admissions Models
- Part II Country-Specific Admissions Practices
- Chapter 7 Admissions Policies and Practices and the Reshaping of Access Patterns to Higher Education in Africa
- Chapter 8 Chile’s Admissions Tests: Pending Changes and Revisions
- Chapter 9 Issues of Perceived Fairness in Admissions Assessments in Small Countries: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus
- Chapter 10 Higher Education Admissions Practices in Israel
- Chapter 11 Access, Equity, and Admissions in South African Higher Education
- Chapter 12 Admissions Practices in Sweden
- Chapter 13 Revisions of Admissions Testing in Vietnam: From Elite to Mass Higher Education
- Part III Assessments Used in Higher Education Admissions
- Part IV Rethinking Higher Education Admissions
- Index
- References
Summary
The educational system in the Republic of Cyprus is highly centralized. The Ministry of Education and Culture is responsible for enforcing education laws and the preparation of new legislation relative to public and private education at all levels; formulating curriculum and determining textbooks for all subjects in grades K–12, and organizing the examinations for higher education admissions. The University Entrance Examinations, also referred to as the Pancyprian Examinations, are used as the sole criterion for entry into the public universities in Cyprus. This chapter summarizes the content covered by the examinations, the test development process, and the psychometric properties of the examinations.
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- Higher Education Admissions PracticesAn International Perspective, pp. 161 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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