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The aim of this study is to reveal the opinions of students and teachers about the TEOG (Transition from Basic Education to Secondary Education) system and to reveal their expectations from the Transition System to Secondary Education in the light of these opinions. The scan model was used because the situation was observed in the study. The study was conducted with the ninth-class students who entered the 196 TEOG exam with the appropriate sampling method in the Erzurum province center and 77 teachers of science. The study used the “Teacher Opinion Scale” developed by the researcher as a data collection tool and the “Teacher Opinion Scale” developed by the researcher as a “Teacher Opinion Scale” developed by the researcher. In the study, the 5 subfactors of the scale of the opinions of the teachers of science and the reliability of these subfactors and the variance values explained respectively; the evaluation of the new applications brought by the TEOG system (0.748, 15.264), the benefits of the application form of the system (0.743, 14.157), the contribution to the teaching process (0.776, 12.102), the innovations brought by the system to the placement and evaluation (0.666, 10.500), the adequacy of the MEB resources in the exam (0.605, 10.024). The four factors in the scale of student opinions are the student’s impact on the exam anxiety and excitement (0.711, 15.195 per cent), the contribution to the teaching process (0.624, 13.059 per cent), the way of application (0.444, 8.853 per cent) and the assessment of the exam questions (0.406, 8,584 per cent). In the analysis of the data, the data did not show normal distribution, and the Mann Whitney U Test, the Nonparametric Tests, and the Kruskal Wallis Test were used. According to the results obtained from the teachers' opinions, the TEOG system has been considered to be the positive aspects of the system, taking the programming to the center, taking the excuse exam for students who do not enter the center exam, getting the students to the exam in their own schools, taking the center exam outcome in place of the written exam. The lack of application of the exam correction factor in the central examinations has been positively welcomed from the student’s point of view while the system reports negative opinions because it has reduced the distinctivity by teachers. Students also noted that the presence of the exam in the TEOG system always creates stress, anxiety and excitement for themselves. Keywords: TEOG (Transition from Primary Education to Secondary Education) Exam, Transition to Secondary Education System, Teacher Opinions, Student Opinions, Opinion Scale

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