This tool takes the first and second term score and the weekly lesson hours for each course, then derives the course year-end score, whether each course is passed, your year-end achievement score (YBP), and the resulting outcome: direct promotion, responsible promotion, or year repetition. You are never asked to precompute an intermediate value.
What the tool calculates and what it asks for
You choose your grade level, the number of responsible courses carried from lower grades, and how many courses you took this year. For each course you then enter the course name, the weekly lesson hours, the first term score and the second term score. Course names and weekly hours are chosen from lists, with an "Other" option for anything not listed.
From these raw inputs the tool derives the course year-end score, the pass or fail status of each course, the weighted points, the total weekly hours and the YBP. No ready-made year-end score or YBP is requested.
- Grade: prep year, 9, 10, 11 or 12.
- Responsible courses from lower grades: courses carried over and not yet cleared by a sorumluluk exam.
- Courses this year: chosen between 1 and 20, which sets the number of rows.
- Weekly lesson hours: the weight of the course; selectable up to 30 for vocational alan/dal courses.
- First and second term scores: the report-card term scores, between 0 and 100.
Passing a course: two separate routes
Under Article 56 of the Secondary Education Institutions Regulation there are two ways to pass a course at year end. The first is that the arithmetic mean of the two term scores is at least 50. The second is that the second term score is at least 70, whatever the first term score was.
The second route matters a great deal: a student with 20 in the first term and 70 in the second has a mean of 45 and still passes the course. A calculation that only looks at the mean would wrongly mark this course as failed.
The course year-end score itself is the arithmetic mean of the two term scores, with the division carried to four decimal places. That score enters the YBP whether or not the course was passed.
How the year-end achievement score (YBP) is derived
Article 54 sets a course weight equal to its weekly lesson hours, and the weighted points of a course are its year-end score multiplied by those hours. Article 55 defines the YBP as the sum of weighted points divided by the sum of weekly lesson hours, with the division carried to four decimal places.
A course with more weekly hours therefore moves the YBP more. A six-hour mathematics course carries six times the weight of a one-hour course.
Direct promotion: the rule changed in 2023
Under Article 57, provided each course has two term scores, students who passed every course are promoted directly. In addition, under the wording amended by the Official Gazette of 8/9/2023 no. 32303, students who failed at most ONE course and whose year-end achievement score is at least 50 are also promoted directly.
The earlier rule treated a YBP of 50 as sufficient regardless of how many courses were failed. Some online calculators still apply that older rule and will show a student with three failed courses as directly promoted. This tool applies the current rule, so results can legitimately differ.
Responsible promotion and year repetition
Under Article 58, students who are not directly promoted but whose year-end achievement score is at least 50 pass as responsible from at most 3 courses failed in the current grade. Students with more than 6 failed courses in total, counting lower grades, repeat the year.
Under Article 59, students who cannot pass directly, on the year-end achievement score, or as responsible, as well as those failed for absence, repeat the year. The tool reports one of these three outcomes together with the rule it rests on.
Courses carried from lower grades count toward the total. This tool applies the six-course total as a ceiling on the direct-promotion route as well, reading it as an absolute cap on accumulated responsibility.
Absence: a threshold independent of scores
The absence fields are optional but decisive when filled. Under the attendance provisions of the regulation, students whose unexcused absence exceeds 10 days or whose total absence exceeds 30 days are deemed unsuccessful whatever their course scores are.
For medical reports, inclusive-education placements and similar situations the total limit can extend to 40, 60 or 70 days. The tool does not assume those extended limits; it applies the standard 10/30 threshold, and your school record governs any special case.
Alan/dal courses: courses that cannot be carried by the YBP
The second paragraph of Article 57 states that students who otherwise meet the direct-promotion conditions but failed a course that cannot be passed on the year-end achievement score pass as responsible from those courses. The regulation associates that category with alan/dal (vocational field and branch) courses.
The tool therefore offers an optional "I have an alan/dal course" switch. Turning it on adds a per-row checkbox; failing a checked course turns an otherwise direct pass into a responsible pass.
Some calculators hardcode this category to the course "Dil ve Anlatım". That course was removed in the 2015-2016 curriculum change and replaced by Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı, so this tool does not treat an abolished course name as a rule.
Worked example
A grade 10 student with no courses carried from lower grades. Mathematics 6 hours 45/55, Physics 4 hours 40/45, Turkish Language and Literature 5 hours 70/80, Chemistry 4 hours 60/70, Biology 3 hours 55/65.
- Mathematics: mean 50.00, so passed on the first route. Weighted points 50 × 6 = 300.
- Physics: mean 42.50 and second term 45, so neither route is met and the course is failed. Weighted points 42.5 × 4 = 170.
- Turkish Language and Literature: mean 75.00, passed. Weighted points 375.
- Chemistry: mean 65.00, passed. Weighted points 260.
- Biology: mean 60.00, passed. Weighted points 180.
Total weighted points 1,285 over 22 weekly hours gives a YBP of 1,285 / 22 = 58.4091. With one failed course and a YBP above 50 the student is promoted directly under Article 57/1-b, carrying a responsibility in Physics.
Common mistakes
- Ignoring the second-term-70 route: a course can be passed even when the mean is below 50.
- Entering the wrong weekly hours: hours set the weight in the YBP and must match the report card.
- Entering an exam mark instead of the term score: these fields take the term score, not a single written exam.
- Forgetting courses carried from lower grades: they count toward the six-course total.
- Relying on the old "any number of failures is fine if the YBP is 50" rule, which changed in 2023.
How this differs from nearby Hesapstan tools
- High school YBP calculator: produces only the year-end achievement score, with no promotion decision.
- High school average calculator: focuses on the course average and achievement level, not the promotion rules.
- Takdir/Teşekkür calculator: evaluates certificate eligibility, which is independent of promotion.
- High school graduation score calculator: turns the yearly YBP values into a graduation score.
What this tool does not calculate
- Sorumluluk exam dates, results, or the clearing of a responsibility.
- Course equivalences and exemptions arising from transfers.
- The effect of workplace skills training, the skills exam and the internship completion exam on course success.
- Extended absence limits granted for medical reports or inclusive education.
- Discretionary decisions of the school administration and the teachers board.
The result is informational. The official promotion decision belongs to the school record and the e-Okul system.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many failed courses force a year repeat?
More than 3 failed courses in the current grade means repeating the year. With 3 or fewer failures and a YBP of at least 50 you pass as responsible, unless your total responsible courses including lower grades exceed 6, which again means repeating.
My YBP is above 50, can I still fail the year?
Yes. Since the amendment of 8/9/2023 a YBP of 50 is not sufficient on its own. Direct promotion requires at most one failed course, and four or more failures mean repeating the year.
My first term was very low, can I recover?
Yes. The second route to passing a course is a second term score of at least 70, whatever the first term score was. Scoring 70 or above in the second term passes that course.
How is the course year-end score derived?
It is the arithmetic mean of the two term scores, with the division carried to four decimal places. Multiplying it by the weekly lesson hours gives the weighted points of the course.
Can absence override my scores?
Students exceeding 10 days of unexcused absence or 30 days of total absence are deemed unsuccessful whatever their scores. Limits can extend for medical reports and inclusive education; the tool does not assume those extensions.
What is the alan/dal option for?
Failing a course that cannot be passed on the year-end achievement score requires a responsible pass from that course even when the direct-promotion conditions are met. Students in vocational and technical programmes can mark the relevant courses.
Will the result match e-Okul exactly?
It applies the same rules to the same inputs, but e-Okul also evaluates transfer equivalences, exemptions, skills and internship exams and school decisions. Your e-Okul record is authoritative.
Can it be used for the prep year?
The grade list includes a prep-year option. Because prep-year evaluation can differ by school type, read the result alongside your own school practice.