TURKISH EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM
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CONTENTS
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Turkey in Brief
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Educational Administration
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Financing Education
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Distribution of Schools and Teachers
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Where we are in the world
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Where we are right now
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TURKEY
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Language
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Religion
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Muslim
Political Structure
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Turkish
Latin Alphabet
Democracy
Economy
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Tourism
Educational Administration
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centralized under the Ministry of National
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Education
MoNE responsible for:
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drawing up curricula,
coordinating the work of official, private and
voluntary organizations,
designing and building schools,
developing educational materials and so on.
Financing Education
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Public education is supported from the
central government,
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Primary education is also supported
locally, mainly for the construction and
maintenance of schools.
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About 10 % of the general budget is
allocated for education.
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EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
TURKISH EDUCATION
SYSTEM
Formal
Education
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Non-formal
Education
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Division
Pre-school
Education
Primary
Education
Formal
Education
Higher
Education
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Secondary
Education
Pre-school Education
 Optional
 Pre-
primary schools and preprimary classes in primary
schools
 Adjunct to the public education
system rather than being an
integral part of it
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Primary Education
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compulsory for every child as soon as they reach
the age of six.
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compulsory schooling for both boys and girls,
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In public schools: free
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99 % of the children in this age group attend
schools
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Secondary Education
General Secondary Schools
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General Lycees
Anatolian Lycees
Science Lycees
Teacher Training Lycees
Evening Lycees
Social Lycees.
Sport Lycees.
Technical
and Vocational Schools
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Multi-Purpose Lycees
Anadolu Fine Arts Lycees
Male Technical Educational
Institutions
Industrial Training Lycees
Trade and Tourism
Vocational Schools
Hotel Management and
Tourism Lycees
Islamic Theological Lycees
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Higher Education
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single-phase examination (OSS) held yearly by
the Centre for Student Selection and
Placement (OSYM)
77 universities in Turkey
http://www.yok.gov.tr/universiteler/uni_web.htm
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Teacher Training
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Primary, middle and secondary school
teachers are required to complete a fouryear university program and obtain a
Bachelor Degree.
Technical and vocational secondary school
teachers undertake a four-year technical
education program at a university faculty of
technical education leading to the Bachelor
Degree.
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Thank you for your attendance.
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