1. TURKISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

2. General Information about Turkish Education System Official Language: Turkish Alphabet: Latin Alphabet Academic Year: September through June Duration of Schooling: 4+ 4 + 4 Compulsory Schooling: 12 years (ages 6-17)

3. General Information about Turkish Education System Number of SchoolsAbout 62.000 Number of Students (formal Education)17.2 Million Number of Teachers832.000

5. Turkish National Education System has two main parts:  Formal Education  Non-formal Education

6. Formal Education Formal education includes:  pre-primary  primary school  lower secondary school,  upper secondary  higher education institutions(Universities)

7. Pre-Primary Schools  involves the education of children in the age group of 3 to 5 who have not reached the age of compulsory primary education  They are optional  Their objective is to ensure that children develop physically, mentally and emotionally and ready for Primary Education

8. Primary education

9. Primary Schools  primary school age group is 6 to 9.  It’s compulsory.  Primary Education is free all state schools.  Foreign Language lessons will start at 2nd grade with new law (Previously it was at 4th grade)  Students have 3 hours of English lesson in a week

10. Primary Schools The purpose of primary education is to ensure that every child : acquires the basic knowledge, skills, behaviors, and habits to become a good citizen, is raised in line with the national moral concepts and is prepared for life and for the next education level parallel to his/her interests and skills.

11. Lower Secondary Schools

12. Lower Secondary Schools(Elementary)  Lower Secondary school age group is 10 to 13.  It’s compulsory.  Lower Secondary Education is free all state schools.  Students have 4 hours of English lesson in a week

13. Secondary Education

14. Secondary Schools (High Schools)  Secondary Schools age group is 14-19  With a new Law in 2012, four years of Secondary school is also compulsory today.  Secondary Education is free all state schools.  Students have to take two general exams shortly called YGS-LYS to enroll a University.  Every year about 2 million students attend these exams and 630,000 students get a chance to enroll any faculty, four or two-year college according to their points. So this exam is very important for every student.

15. Secondary Education There are 5 main types of high-schools in Turkey. Public High-Schools Anatolian High-Schools Science High-Schools Vocational High-Schools Military High Schools

16. Our School is…  A Public High School.  4-year-education  Minimum number of lessons in a week 30.  Maximum number of students in a class is 30  We have 3 hours of English lesson at 9th grade and 2 hours at other grades

17. Main Lessons at High School  Maths  Physics  Chemistry  Geometry  Biology  Turkish Language and Literature  History  Geography  Foreign Language (English)

18. Secondary Schools The purpose of secondary education is: to give students a minimum common culture, to identify individual and social problems, to search for solutions, and to prepare the students for higher education, for profession, for life and for business in line with their interests and skills.

19. Higher Education (Universities)  University Education is mostly 4 years  But, Faculty of Medicine is 6 years  Vocational Education is 2 years  Students apply Universities with their YGS-LYS Exam Grades (University Entrance Exams)  University number in Turkey: 173  State University number: 107  Foundation (Private) University number: 66

20. Most Popular 5 Departments at Universities  1. Faculty of Law  2. Faculty of Medicine  3.Preschool Teaching  4.Faculty of Engineering  5. Psychological counseling and guidance

21. University Education  Faculty of Education is very popular.Many students want to be teacher.  At the end of University education, students should enter another exam called KPSS to work for government.  Government give scholarship for thousands of students who have economic difficulties.

22. University Education  Main Aims :  1. Train students according to our country’s science policies and the need for labor in higher and various levels of the society  2. Providing scientific training at various levels,  3. Doing research exploring sciences in further detail in order to finding solutions to scientific, technical and cultural problems especially to ones related to our country

23. FACTS about Turkish Education System  Compulsory education starts at the age of 6.  A lesson duration is 40 or 45 minutes.  Course books are given for free for every student.  Every student will have a tablet pc and each classroom have a smart board in a few years with Fatih Project  School Uniform is compulsory until the end of high school but with new regulation it won’t be compulsory next year.