Facts about Turkey Turkish Educational System TURKEY ON

Facts about Turkey & Turkish Educational System

TURKEY ON THE CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS u u u u Geographical Area : 774, 576 km 2 Population (2013) : 76667864 (99 per sq) Ankara : 5045083 İstanbul : 14160467 GDP (2013) : 827 Billion USD $ GDP per capita (PPP) (2013) : 10, 782 USD $ 17 th largest economy in the world

TURKEY’S STRATEGIC POSITION IN ENERGY SECTOR TURKEY IS AN ENERGY CORRIDOR BETWEEN SUPPLIERS AND CONSUMERS 3

TURKEY’S ROLE AS A TRANSIT AND HUB COUNTRY Turkey is not only an energy corridor but also an important energy terminal. Future projects will enhance Turkey’s role in energy. 4

Atatürk supported our educational system. He did lots of revolutions on education.

Education in Turkish Family In Turkey education first starts in family. § How to eat § How to wear § How to speak § How to keep oneself and surrounding clean § Behaviors, morals etc… Then goes on with preschool, primary , secondary and higher education.

Turkish Education System Turkish National Education System is based on two main branches: Formal Education & Life Long Learning Education. Formal Education • • • Formal education is the regular education conducted within a school for individuals in a certain age group and at the same level, under programs developed in accordance with the purpose. It covers: Pre-school Education (3 -5) Primary Education (6 -9) Junior Secondary Education(10 -13) Secondary Education (14 -17) Higher Education (18+)

Structural Organization of the Ministry of National Education

Turkish Education System

Pre-school Education is not compulsory and it covers the group of children aged between 36 - 72 months (3 -5 years). The ministry of education is trying to increase the number of children participating in this education system by parents training programs, mobile kindergardens, and summer school alternatives.

Primary and Junior High School Education Primary and junior high school education covers the group of children aged between 6 – 13 years old. It’s compulsory for all girls and boys, and it is free of charge at public schools. The primary and junior high school education covers a period of 8 years (4 primary and 4 junior high school).

Primary and Junior High School Education (Continued) • The objective of primary education is to ensure that every Turkish child acquires the necessary knowledge, skills, behavior and habits to become a good citizen and is raised in accordance with the concept of national morals and that he/she is prepared for life and for the next level of education in accordance with his/her interests, talents and capabilities.

Primary and Junior High School Education (Continued) • Primary education institutions consist of four year primary and four year compulsory junior high schools which give opportunity to allow between different programmes, and junior theology high schools for imams and preachers. • The preferable lessons in type of supporting students’ upper secondary education consist of by students’ ability, improvement and prefers in junior high schools and junior high schools for imams and preachers.

High School Education High education is a system based on the primary and junior secondary education, which covers 4 year period. It is for 14 -17 years old students. It includes general, vocational and technical high schools.

Types of General Secondary Education • • • Anatolian General High Schools Science High Schools Anatolian Teacher Training High Schools Anatolian Fine Arts High Schools Anatolian Social Sciences High Schools Anatolian Sports High Schools The entrance to the secondary education institutions is through a centralized exam.

Vocational and Technical Secondary Education • Vocational and technical secondary schools are institutions that train students for the industrial and service sectors in our country.

Non-Formal Education (Life Long Learning) In accordance with the general objectives and basic principles of national education, the objectives of non-formal education, which covers citizens who have never entered the formal education system or are at any level of it or have left at that level, and which may accompany formal education or be independent of it are; • To teach citizens to read and write and to provide them with the possibility of continuous education so that they may complete their deficient education, • To provide them with the opportunity of education that shall help them in adjusting to scientific, technological, economic, social and cultural developments, • To provide an education that serves to protect, develop, promote and assimilate the values of our national culture,

Enrollments by Educational Institutions Number of schools, students, teachers and classrooms in education institutions by level of education in The educational year 2012/2013 (MEB, 2012) TYPE OF SCHOOL Schools Students Teachers CLASSROOM Pre-primary education 5018 1077933 562179 M -515 754 F 26 029 2066 M-23963 F 49372 (22 per class) Primary education 29169 5593910 2862730 M-2731180 F 282043 118937 M-163106 F 234920 (24 per class) Junior High School education 16987 5566986 2815534 M-2751 452 F 269759 129356 M-140403 F 124584 (45 per class) General Secondary Education 4 214 2725972 1401933 M-1324 039 119393 65697 M- 53696 F 70107 (39 per class) 54% Vocational and Technical Secondary Education 6204 2269651 1241481 M-1028 170 F 135502 76202 M- 59300 F 59459 (38 per class) 46% TOTAL 46427 16905143 774602 515426 Non-formal Education 13738 8524527 105769 91672 • There are 46. 427 schools in formal education ( both private and state schools) and 16. 905. 143 students.

Aims of National Education The Turkish National Educational System aims: • learning how to learn • active learning • student centered learning • life-long learning • to create a society equipped with knowledge, democratic, cultural and economic awareness • integrity among all educational institutions.

Higher Education The Bosporus University • Higher education includes all the educational institutions which are based on secondary education, and which provide at least two years of higher education. • In Turkey there are 108 state and 71 private universities (total 179) and 4975690(2256862 in open education F 1041783 M 1215069) students 2706937 of whom are male and 2268753 are female in 2012 -2013 academic year.

TOTAL STUDENT NUMBER 2012 -2013 ACADEMIC YEAR UNIVERSITES NUMBER % UNDERGRADUATE 1641973 33, 00 UNDERGRADUATE OPEN EDUCATION 1506887 30, 28 UNDERGRADUATE TOTAL 3148860 63, 28 VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE 777741 15, 63 VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE OPEN EDUCATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE TOTAL UNDERGRADUATE+ VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE 749965 15, 07 1527706 30, 70 2419714 48, 63 UNDERGRADUATE+ VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE OPEN EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE+ VOCATIONAL TRAINING COLLEGE TOTAL 2256852 45, 36 4676566 93, 99 GRADUATE 218630 4, 39 DOCTORATE 60311 1, 21 MEDICAL INTERNS 20183 0, 41 TOTAL 2718838 54, 64 TOTAL OPEN EDUCATION 2256852 45, 36 GENERAL TOTAL 4975690 100, 00

Higher Education Higher education institutions are; • Universities, • Faculties, • Institutes, • Colleges, • Conservatories, • Vocational Colleges, • Center for Practice and Research.

Higher Education • • • There are total 130653 (F 54306 M 76347 ) teaching staff and the staff number according to their titles are: 17807 professor (F 5007 M 12800) 10962 associate professor doctor (F 3542 M 7420 ) 27385 assistant professor doctor (F 10166 M 17219 ) 20820 instructors (F 8222 M 12598 ) 9250 language instructor (F 5638 M 3612 ) 3396 specialists (F 1628 M 1768) 40939 research assistant (F 20062 M 20877) 27 translator (F 18 M 9) 67 education and training planner (F 23 M 44 )

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