The Amasya Administrative Court unanimously annulled the proceedings in a lawsuit filed by Eğitim Gücü Sen on behalf of its member, who was deemed unsuccessful in the oral examination stage of MEB (Türkiye’s Ministry of National Education)’s administrator selection process. The teacher, who works as a guidance counselor in Amasya, passed the written stage of the 2025 MEB Administrator Selection Examination for Educational Institutions with a score of 68.75, but was eliminated after receiving 55.67 points in the oral examination. The court noted that the teacher, who answered the knowledge-based questions with full marks, received low scores in areas based on observation and judgment. The ruling stated that the scores were not based on objective and concrete grounds and that the requirements for compliance with the principles of career and merit, as well as suitability for judicial review, had not been met.
Why it matters
The ruling brings into focus the criteria that should be used in oral evaluations when the result of the written examination is not deemed sufficient on its own in administrator selection processes. The court’s approach makes it necessary for scores based on observation and judgment to also be explained with concrete grounds and made open to review. In this respect, the ruling affects the debate over legal safeguards concerning the clarity of evaluation criteria for administrator candidates and the implementation of the principles of career and merit. However, how the relevant examination procedures will be carried out following the ruling and what standard of reasoning will be applied in similar evaluations remain questions unanswered by the available information.
Background
MEB is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we have published 2 news articles mentioning it in the last 90 days; the latest is dated August 28, 2026.