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ANKARA, July 25-- As frequent and radical changes in Turkey's education system have taken their toll on students who scored poorly in university entrance exams this year, experts are urging the government to adopt a long-term vision to correct this disappointing situation. "The results of the centralized university exams don't let us be hopeful for the future of the country. We need to put a sound diagnosis to this situation in order to heal our education system," said Abbas Guclu, an education specialist, in his column in Milliyet Daily. He was referring to official statistics announced last week regarding the much-debated exam taken by hundreds of thousands of students each year to enter universities across Turkey. The results are very disappointing. On average, students got five correct answers out of 24 questions on Turkish literature, four out of 21 on history, 4.75 out of 40 on mathematics, just one out of 14 on physics, 0.9 out of 13 on chemistry and finally 1.2 out of 13 on biology. Pointing out especially the very poor performances in scientific studies, Guclu said the blame is either on the education system or the exam system, calling on authorities to act swiftly to change the overall system for better results. "This is not a brilliant picture and tells that the decline in the quality of the education is still ongoing. One of the key reasons for this collapse is the lack of a long-term vision and constant changes in the system driven by political motivations," Serkan Demirtas, a political analyst and journalist, told Xinhua. | 
