GÜLBAĞ SELIM SIRRI TARCAN PRIMARY SCHOOL ISTANBUL,TURKEY 2012-2014 CULTURAL BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE GÜLBAĞ SELIM SIRRI TARCAN PRIMARY SCHOOL ISTANBUL,TURKEY Presented by School Counsellor Betül Tanacıoglu

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY Presentation Outline: Principles regulating the education system Structure of Education System Formal and Non-formal education Purposes and education sytem of schools in Turkey

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY PRINCIPLES REGULATING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM The Turkish education system is organized on the basis of; Constitution of the Turkish Republic - Laws Regulating Education and Instruction - Government Programs - Development Plans - National Education Councils Education for all citizens without any discrimination for gender, identity, nationality, religious beliefs, race etc.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY General Structure of Turkish National Education System Turkish National Education System has two main parts: 1. Formal Education 2. Non-formal Education

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY 1. Formal education: It is regular education provided in formal schools with programs prepared for defined purposes. In Turkish National Education System, formal education consists of these parts: Pre-Schools Primary Schools Secondary Schools High Schools Universities (undergraduate and graduate programs)

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY 2. Non- formal education: Purposes of Non-formal education: to teach reading-writing, to provide continuing education opportunities for students to finish their incomplete education to provide education opportunities that shall facilitate the students' adaptation to scientific, technologic, economic, social and cultural developments to teach people from various professions, the knowledge and skills they need to improve themselves to provide the habit of using one's free time in a useful way Tools used for non-formal education are: Public Training Apprenticeship Education Distance Education

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY Formal Education system is centralized-in every grade lessons, books, elective courses etc. are decided by the ministry of education. Compulsory education is 12 years (4+4+4) since this year (2012). Preschool education is still optional. Language of instruction is Turkish.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY Preschool in Turkey For children who are between 37 and 66 months of age Children spend 4 hours in the schools. Purposes of preschool : to ensure physical, mental and sensory development of children and the acquisition of good habits, to prepare children for primary education, to create a common atmosphere of growth for those living in inconvenient circumstances to ensure that Turkish is spoken correct and well.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY Primary school in Turkey (1-2-3 and 4rd grades) Children who are older than 66 months are registered for the nearest school to their home by the help of e-school which is used for the registration of students, for the information about students like their grades, or their absenteeism, demographic information etc. For the registration of children who are between 61 and 66 months of age, the consent of their parents is necessary.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY Types of Primary Schools: Public Primary Schools Regional Boarding Primary Schools Primary schools for the Hearing-Impaired Primary schools for the Visually-Impaired Primary schools for the Orthopedically Disabled Primary schools for the Mentally Retarded Private Turkish, Foreign, Minority, International Primary schools

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY Secondary Schools in Turkey (5-6-7 and 8th grades) Registration for secondary school is done automatically by the help of e-school. In secondary school, students began to take elective courses like creative drama activities, advanced mathematic, computer and information technologies, art history, science of space. Students can choose their elective courses freely.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY The secondary education program includes: Turkish language and literature, mathematics, social studies, science, civics and human rights, the history of the Turkish Republic and Atatürk's reforms, a foreign language (English, French or German), individual and group activities, religious culture and ethics, art/handicraft, music, physical education, traffic safety and first aid,ICT (information and computer technologies) career guidance, and elective courses.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY After secondary school, students take an achievement test. Students are placed in to the schools according to grades they take and the choices they make.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY High school is 4 years. For the high school, there are many choices a students have; High schools of science In these schools, science lessons are the majority and students who get their high school diplomas from these schools continue their university at the departments of engineering, medicine, architecture etc. Anatolian High schools In these schools, students make another choice at the end of the 9th grade to specialize in an area like foreign languages, natural and applied science, Turkish and mathematics or social sciences.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY Vocational High schols: Health vocational high school: It includes departments like nursing, anesthesia, emergency maintenance technician, medical secretary and so on. Students can find jobs after high school. Also, they have the chance to complete their undergraduate without taking university entrance exam.

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY Other types of high schools in Turkey: Fine Arts schools Teacher training schools Vocational and Technical High schools Vocational schools for industry Technical schools Vocational schools for girls Technical schools for girls Religious high schools

STUDENTS’ GUIDANCE AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROCESS ??? 9 th GRADE ACADEMIC EDUCATION IN GENERAL HIGH SCHOOLS (High schools of science, Anatolian high schools etc.) ACADEMIC EDUCATION TRAINING IN JOB TRAINING IN CHOSEN OCCUPATION TRAINING IN OCCUPATION 9 th GRADE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY UNIVERSITIES AND HIGHER EDUCATION After high school, students take another exam-university entrance exam by which students are evaluated on the basis of mathematics, Turkish, science lessons, history and geography. There are 168 universities-103 government universities and 65 private universities

ONGOING STUDIES IN TURKISH NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY ONGOING STUDIES IN TURKISH NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM Updating the curricula Increasing schooling rate Providing additional facilities Using Information and Communication Technologies Improvement of teachers’ qualities and status Effective counselling and guidance services

For more information about Education System of Turkey, you can check the website http://www.meb.gov.tr