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

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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)

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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

17. STUDENTS’ GUIDANCE AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROCESS
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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

18. 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

19. 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

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