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Currently only those passing Pancyprian exams or holders of the relevant GCE subject grades are eligible to apply to study at UCY.

On a more positive note, students who have passed British GCEs and A levels will, for the first time, be formally accepted by 79 state-run universities across Turkey.

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But then I had my GCEs and I wasn't expecting much.

THE UNIVERSITY of Cyprus yesterday expressed disappointment at a law passed on Thursday that blocks entry for this coming academic year to the students with GCEs.

Those few taking GCEs were more motivated because they believed they were important for their career.

Always regarded as the most scholarly of the Beatles,it shows how Sir Paul passed five GCEs (English language,art,advanced art,maths and Spanish) and English at A-level.He failed Latin O-levelin 1958.

Last week UCY decided to open up three per cent of positions to applicants with international accreditations, such as GCEs, for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Always regarded as the most scholarly of the Beatles,it shows how Sir Paul passed five GCEs (English language, art, advanced art, maths and Spanish) and one A- level in English.

THE UNIVERSITY of Cyprus (UCY) came under some heavy fire this week after its Senate acted on its autonomous status and voted to open up three per cent of its places to students with international accreditation, such as GCEs.

If the University of Cyprus (CY) goes ahead and decides to allow three per cent of its students -- or more - access to the university with international accreditation such as GCEs, the AKEL MP said this would provoke an even worse crisis in the education sector.

For a second year running now, we have gone through the rigmarole of the University of Cyprus announcing it would make available a number of extra places to students with GCEs and other internationally recognised certificates; again, the secondary school teachers' union OELMEK has gone ballistic, saying it would boycott final exams and threatening the graduation of an entire generation of school leavers; and again, the government has caved in, recognising the university's right to set admissions policy but ordering a postponement of a year to give more time for the issue to be discussed.

Accepting students with GCEs into the university, they claimed, undermined Greek education.

Secondary teachers had threatened to boycott the Modern Greek Pancyprian Exam, due to start early next month, in protest at the Education Ministry's proposal to allocate three per cent of public university places to pupils holding international qualifications such as GCEs or the International Baccalaureate.

On Wednesday the Cabinet approved a proposal to regulate admission procedures at the University of Cyprus (UCY) by opening up for the first time three percent of positions to students taking GCEs, the remaining 97 percent reserved for public school pupils taking the national exams.