Post by yenilira on Nov 15, 2011 22:05:51 GMT 1
Since 1997, eight years of primary education is compulsary and twelve years of education in total is suggested, altogether. Previous to 1997, only five years were the norm.
The educational system in Turkey is now very sound and offers great opportunities for students to obtain an education in a particular field. A very strong emphasis is put on pupils learning more languages. It enables them to have perfect command of a second language, and, additionally, familiarize themselves with more vocational motivated vocabularies.
The Different stages of education:
Pre-school Education
The first stage of education is the so-called pre-school education. This stage is intended for children from 0-72 months (0-6 years) and is not compulsory.
This pre-primary education for the little ones is subdivided in to two stages:
Firstly, toddlers from the age of 0-36 months (0-3 years) can go to a day nursery. The main aim of this first stage is to improve the linguistic, physical and moral development of the children and to guarantee healthy nutrition.
Secondly, children from the age of 37-72 months (3 -6 years) can go to kindergarten. This stage is not compulsory either. In kindergarten the following will be encouraged: proper use of the Turkish language, preparatory work on reading and writing, tidiness and experience of the environment.
Secondary Education
After the Primary Education there is the option to continue education with Secondary Education. Secondary Education covers general and vocationally technical high schools which provide at least a four-year education for graduates of primary school. The aim of secondary education is to provide students, through various programmes, with general skills and to prepare them for higher education, adult-hood and business according
to their interests and talents.
There are two types of High Schools:
a. General High Schools:
the aim of these schools is to prepare students to contribute to the country’s economic, social and cultural development and to prepare them for higher education. These schools offer a four-year education program.
b. Vocational and Technical High Schools:
these are institutions which train young people in the commercial and vocational fields and prepare them for higher education. These schools also offer a four-year education program.
At the end of the High School period, one must sit an exam. If the student passes this exam successfully, he or she will get a diploma. However, the students who wish to start studying at one of the universities must take an exam and depending on the result, he or she is accepted to a university.
This is a difficult thing, because there are more students who wish to study than there are places in these establishments. A student with high marks for this particular exam will also have a better chance of being admitted to an excellent university.
There are approximately 85 universities in Turkey, of which there are two types -
governmental and foundational.
Governmental are free and foundational cost a certain fee which can be as much as € 13,000 or sometimes even more.
The total capacity of Turkish universities is approx. 300,000.
Some universities can even compete with the best universities in the world.
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I've put this forward as it has been suggested to me on a previous occasion that Turkey's education system & standards are lower than ours, when, in actual fact, in many respects, it is more vigorous than that in the UK.
It will be noted that (secondary) schools often start around 8 to 8:30, sometimes earlier.
YL.
The educational system in Turkey is now very sound and offers great opportunities for students to obtain an education in a particular field. A very strong emphasis is put on pupils learning more languages. It enables them to have perfect command of a second language, and, additionally, familiarize themselves with more vocational motivated vocabularies.
The Different stages of education:
Pre-school Education
The first stage of education is the so-called pre-school education. This stage is intended for children from 0-72 months (0-6 years) and is not compulsory.
This pre-primary education for the little ones is subdivided in to two stages:
Firstly, toddlers from the age of 0-36 months (0-3 years) can go to a day nursery. The main aim of this first stage is to improve the linguistic, physical and moral development of the children and to guarantee healthy nutrition.
Secondly, children from the age of 37-72 months (3 -6 years) can go to kindergarten. This stage is not compulsory either. In kindergarten the following will be encouraged: proper use of the Turkish language, preparatory work on reading and writing, tidiness and experience of the environment.
Secondary Education
After the Primary Education there is the option to continue education with Secondary Education. Secondary Education covers general and vocationally technical high schools which provide at least a four-year education for graduates of primary school. The aim of secondary education is to provide students, through various programmes, with general skills and to prepare them for higher education, adult-hood and business according
to their interests and talents.
There are two types of High Schools:
a. General High Schools:
the aim of these schools is to prepare students to contribute to the country’s economic, social and cultural development and to prepare them for higher education. These schools offer a four-year education program.
b. Vocational and Technical High Schools:
these are institutions which train young people in the commercial and vocational fields and prepare them for higher education. These schools also offer a four-year education program.
At the end of the High School period, one must sit an exam. If the student passes this exam successfully, he or she will get a diploma. However, the students who wish to start studying at one of the universities must take an exam and depending on the result, he or she is accepted to a university.
This is a difficult thing, because there are more students who wish to study than there are places in these establishments. A student with high marks for this particular exam will also have a better chance of being admitted to an excellent university.
There are approximately 85 universities in Turkey, of which there are two types -
governmental and foundational.
Governmental are free and foundational cost a certain fee which can be as much as € 13,000 or sometimes even more.
The total capacity of Turkish universities is approx. 300,000.
Some universities can even compete with the best universities in the world.
~ ~
I've put this forward as it has been suggested to me on a previous occasion that Turkey's education system & standards are lower than ours, when, in actual fact, in many respects, it is more vigorous than that in the UK.
It will be noted that (secondary) schools often start around 8 to 8:30, sometimes earlier.
YL.