1. THE TURKISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

2. Ministry of National Education – in 1924 The compulsory education = 8 YEARS Ages 6-14 16 millions in formal education 7 millions in non-formal education Total 23 millions students

3. Preschool Education Age range 3-5 Not compulsory 980.000 students (2009)

4. Basic Education Age 6-14 8 years Compulsory Free in public schools 10.916.000 students

5. Secondary Education Encloses general, vocational and technical educational institutions aims to prepare the students, in line with their interests and talents, for institutions of higher education 4 years not compulsory Free in public schools 4.200.000 students

6. Special Education Aims to integrate the individuals with special needs into the community and help them to acquaire occupational skills. 17.000 students

7. Private Education Enclose any kind and level of private schools private courses private vocational courses special motor vehicle drivers’ courses private tutoring centers under the MoNE supervision and inspection

8. Higher Education Encloses all the educational institutions giving min. two years of higher education based on secondary education 1.5 millions students

9. Who am I? From Fethiye/Turkey Teacher Trainer ICT Co-ordinator of Fethiye responsible for any kind of ICT activities for teacher training all IT classes in public schools preparation of reports for the MoNE I give following courses to the teachers; 1)CISCO IT Essentials; PC Hardware ans Software 2) CISCO Discovery 1: Fundamentals of Networks 3) Intel Teacher Programme 4) Web 2.0 tools (wiki, blog, google documents)