Turkish education system

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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