garbitsch wrote:The Ministry of Education of TRNC is not recognised, but the graduates of Turkish Cypriot highschools which are registered at this "pseudo" ministry can study anywhere in the world. The diplomas issued by this ministry and TRNC are also valid. The 5 universities of TRNC attrack thousands of forenign studens. OK, I am confused now!
It doesn't really have much to do with the topic, but it's just an interesting observation I made. When I came to England in September to study, when I enrolled at the Uni, they asked for my RoC passport (because as EU students we pay substantially less tuition - something like less than half, that's several thousands of pounds...). So, I gave it to them, they xeroxed it, and I thought that was it. Then, they sent me my enrolment form at home, saying I was an International student. That would've been fine by me, only International students pay full tuition. So I go back to them, saying 'Guys, Cyprus is in the EU, so work your magic and fix it'. They wanted my passport again. I take it back to them, they say it's fixed, only they wanted to see it again about a week later... I'm guessing this 'recognition' thing is an issue when it suits the Brits, huh? I bet they would hardly have taken a second look at my passport (much less a third one), had there not been the possibility of them getting paid full tuition (if I were a TC without an RoC passport)...