turkish education system
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TURKISH EDUCATION
SYSTEM
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)
General Information about Turkish Education System
Number of Schools About 62.000
Number of Students (formal Education)
17.2 Million
Number of Teachers 832.000
Turkish National Education System has two main parts:
Formal Education Non-formal Education
Formal Education
Formal education includes: pre-primary primary school lower secondary school, upper secondary higher education institutions(Universities)
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
Primary education
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
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.
Lower Secondary Schools
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
Secondary Education
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.
Secondary EducationThere are 5 main types of high-schools in
Turkey.
Public High-Schools
Anatolian High-Schools
Science High-Schools
Vocational High-Schools
Military High Schools
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
Main Lessons at High School Maths Physics Chemistry Geometry Biology Turkish Language and Literature History Geography Foreign Language (English)
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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