“We anticipate the education minister will make an announcement by the end of this month” said İbrahim Taşel , vice chairman of TÖDER , another sector association . He said he hoped the solution to be presented would consider current employees , noting that after the elimination of the high school entrance exam , known as the SBS , the teachers working in the field had already moved to different alternatives .There were 4,055 firms offering private tutoring services in Turkey and more than 1.2 million students attended private tutoring courses in 2011 . The number of such schools was only 1,730 in 2000, with 174,496 students, according to a TOBB report . (source www.hurriyetdailynews.com)