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INSTITUTIONS OF TURKISH EDUCATION FOR FOREIGNERS
The responsibility of executing Turkish National Education in
accordance with the basic principles and in the name of the
government is charged to the Ministry of National Education.
The central organizations of the Ministry as the ministry position,
Council of Educational Policy, the main service units, information
and supervision units are shaped in accordance with the sub service
unit hierarchy.
The National Education System determined by the law is executed in
two main basic movements called "Normal Education" and "Common
Education".
The Normal Education: This method of education is the education
executed regularly under the roof of school with the objectively
prepared programs to the individuals with the determined age group
and equals and includes the associations of pre - school, primary
school, senior school and high school.
The pre - school period education; This education is not obligatory
and dependent on the will and includes the children of the 3 - 5 age
group that do not reach to the period of obligatory education age in
order to create a common environment for the children for
preparation for primary education.
The primary education covers the education of the children between
the ages of 6 - 14 for an eight year continuous period, is
obligatory for each citizen, the education at the state schools are
not charged and the graduates receive a primary education diploma.
The senior education covers the entire general, professional and
technical institutions having minimum three-year education period
and is dependent on the primary education. Besides the deliverance
of minimum common culture values, the students are prepared for the
higher education where the education should be directed to their
interests, skills and capacities.
The higher education is dependent on the senior education and covers
the totality of the education institutions executing the higher
education for a minimum period of two years. These institutions
could be counted as universities, faculties, and institutes, high
schools and application and research centers.
The higher education executed at these institutions is arranged in
an integrity scope instructing the students at levels of associate
arts and bachelors degree and Bachelor of Science degree.
Common Education: The common education aims the execution of the
education according to the demands of the citizens whom are never
been educated or left or remained at any level of education and
covers the all of the activities arranged with or without the Normal
education. The common education could be classified as education of
the folk, apprenticeship education and abroad education.
Following the academic year of 1999-2000, the number of the schools
according to their ranks of the education institutions is 65 905 and
the number of the students is 15 727 929 and the number of the
teachers is 532 595.
The total number of the students educating in the higher education
institutions (1999-2000 academic year, together with the official
universities and cognizant universities) is 2 millions 788 thousand
and 252. 430 thousand and 219 of this total number is registered
students of associate of arts, 2 million 358 thousand and 033 is the
registered students of the bachelors degree. The total number of the
academic personnel and education staff at the mentioned universities
for the same year is 125 thousand and 345. 433 thousand and 380 of
this number states the academic personnel and the remaining 81
thousand and 965 of this number states the other various education
staff.
The Organization at Foreign Countries serves the citizens
accommodating in foreign countries with 39 agencies; 21 education
consultancies and 18 education representatives.
The number of the Turkish students educating at the normal education
institutions at 1999 -2000 academic year in foreign countries is 867
thousand and 095. The total number of the students educating in
foreign countries with official or private sponsorship is 29
thousand and 196, 21 thousand and 282 of which are attending the
bachelor's degree, 5 thousand and 458 of which are attending to
master degree and 2 thousand and 456 of which are attending to
doctor degree.
And in the scope of the cooperation with the Central Asian Republics
and Turkish Communities in the field of education initiated by the
Ministry of the National Education, the Ministry had constructed 12
schools and education centers at Central Asian Republics, six of
which educate in Turkish Language applied in Turkey. There are 246
teachers educating 3 thousand and 721 students at this centers and
schools. In accordance with the quota granted to these Republics,
there are 8 thousand and 064 students educating in Turkey.
Turkey had signed educational, scientific and cultural agreements
with 71 foreign countries and relevant studies are still executed.
As education is visualized as the major element of the economic,
technologic and social improvement in Turkey, education sector is
among the most prior sectors among the government and improvement
plans. Therefore, the Major Education Plan covering the years
between 1996-2010 was prepared and the flexibilization of the
education which could answer the individual, national and
international demands and by the assistance of the attained means,
it was planned to reach to the high intellectual level. Therefore,
the belief of training more Turkish people, which could assist the
culture and technology of the world, strengthens each day.
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