Credit and Dormitories Institution (KYK) dormitory quotas are on the agenda again… Thousands of students will be left out again. With universities opened in every city, the number of university students is increasing rapidly. Despite the increase in the number of students, it has been on the agenda frequently in recent years that there is a housing problem and the capacity of the state dormitories for university students is insufficient. While a record number of students settled in universities in Higher Education Foundations Examination (YKS) held this year, students who won schools outside the city they live in are looking for solutions to the housing problem. Students applying to KYK dormitories are on their toes due to the lack of dormitory quotas, which has been on the agenda for a while.
AVAILABLE QUOTA IN DORMITORIES HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED
There are only a few days left until the start of the education and training season in universities. After the KYK applications ended, Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu made a statement regarding the number of applications made to the dormitories, without giving the number of students staying in the dormitories, shared the number of students with the public. Kasapoğlu stated that there are more than 800 thousand quotas, including students still living in the dormitories, and that 415,305 students applied to the dormitories this year.
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS FACE THE PROBLEM OF HOUSING
As a result of the YKS exam held this year, 1,005,490 students were placed in universities. Pointing out that 502,295 of the placed students will study outside the cities they live in, Kasapoğlu stated that 316,460 of the students who applied to the dormitories this year were newly settled students, while 98,845 students from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade students applied. While it is noteworthy that no official statement has been made regarding the available quotas in the dormitories, it is claimed that there are around 350 thousand available quotas in the dormitories. After the applicants are placed, thousands of students will be left unattended.