Türk Eğitim Sistemi Adına Kara Bir Tablo — Grim Picture Emerges of Turkish Education System

Grim picture emerges of Turkish education system

Thursday, June 17, 2010

As children across Turkey finish their last day of school before summer vacation tatil, a new report has found that only half of students between the ages of 15 and 19 will return to classrooms in the fall sonbahar.

A lack eksiklik of qualified nitelikli educators, low family incomes gelir and pessimism about their higher-education prospects olasılık are among the key reasons behind the high dropout rate, which amounts to 2,000 students leaving school each day, the report's authors said.

The group presented the findings sonuç in its Education Monitoring Report 2009, the third the organization has prepared, at the Sabancı University Communications Center in Istanbul on Thursday.

According to Şaşmaz, levels of parental education and the number of siblings kardeş a student has are key factors in whether or not they continue with their schooling, especially for girls. Only 16 percent of girls with illiterate cahil fathers go to high school, compared to 94 percent for girls whose fathers are university graduates. He said teacher training has to be more interactive and that a long-term strategy must be drafted and implemented yapma by the Education Ministry.

Şaşmaz told the Daily News that other contributing katkıda bulunmak factors in the low rate of high school participation include family income levels, living in rural kırsal areas and working in the agricultural sector. He said many young people are not motivated to continue with their high school education because they do not believe they will be able to enter university, because the educational system is based on rote-learning and exams and because they do not feel secure in the school environment. Seventy-five percent of students who drop out bırakmak of high school do so after the first year.

The Education Monitoring Report aims to monitor government reforms dealing with the educational system and inform policy siyaset-makers and the public about the current şu anki state of education in Turkey.

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