1. Education System in Turkey Dr. Halis YEŞİL

2. 2 The Ministry of National Education is the responsible ministry for all education, with the exception of military education

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4. 4The Republic of TURKEY Figures for Formal Education (2004-2005 Academic Year) Education Level Number of Students Number of Schools TotalBoysGirls Number of Teachers Pre-School Edu.16.016474.771226.960207.81122.030 Primary Schools35.58110.565.3895.587.1854.978.204399.025 Total Secondary Schools 6.8613.039.4491.733.0411.306.408167.949 General2.9911.937.0551.045.986891.06993.209 Vocational3.8701.102.394687.055415.33974.740 Total of Formal Edu.58.45814.079.6097.547.1866.492.423589.004 Non-Formal Edu.8.6443.451.515 57.750 TOTAL67.10217.531.1247.547.1866.492.423646.754

5. 5 Figures for private and others (2004-2005 Academic Year) Education level Number of students Number of schools TotalBoysGirls Number of teachers Pre-school edu. (private)56717.9699.5328.4371.437 Pre-school edu. (other ins.)2416.5983.5223.076456 Primary schools (private)676172.38493.97578.37318.003 Primary sch. (open educ.)1266.743147.117119.62623 Secondary schools695453.016263.582189.4349.426 General (private)65071.25339.37731.8768.972 General (open educ.)1314.773185.302129.47135 Vocational (private)201.09071337784 Vocational (other ins.)233.1572.761396335 Vocational (open educ.)162.74335.42927.314 TOTAL 2.180916.710517.728398.94629.345

6. 6 Figures for Non-Formal Education (2004- 2005) Name of Institutions Number of Institution Number of Participant Number of Instructors Practical Art School for Girls36688.336193 Maturation Institute121.681312 Technical Training Schools for Adults 12155 Public Training Centers9241.126.103117.468 Vocational Training Centers ( DG Apprenticeship & Non- Formal Ed.) 359333.2554.973 Special Education2859.6541.761 Private Courses and Training6.6881.843.71245.850 Vocational Courses 48.619 TOTAL8.6443.451.51557.750

7. 7 Figures for Public Training Centers (2004- 2005) Courses Number of Participants Number of Courses TotalMaleFemale Vocational12.379577.073226.393350.680 Social & Cultural6.017398.897188.215210.682 Literacy2.175150.13358.56391.570 TOTAL20.5711.126.103473.171652.932

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9. 9 Formal Education Institutions Type of SchoolPrep.Tot.(Year) Anatolian Technical High Schools14 Anatolian Vocational High Schools14 Technical High Schools-4 Industrial Vocational High Schools-4 Multi-programme High Schools-4 Vocational and Technical Training Centers-2-3

10. Project on Strengthening the Vocational Education and Training System in TURKEY (SVET) SVET is a five-year project and has a total budget of € 58,2 M. The project aims at strengthening Turkey's VET system rather than imposing an alien structure Outcomes Of Project Setting up the bodies needed for VET reform, Labour market needs analysis, Development of occupational standards, Development of training standards, National Qualification System,

11. SVET (Cont.) Revision of existing curricula (based on ISCED 97) Development of Life Long Learning concept for Turkey Quality assurance system Training of school and training centre managers The final outcome of the project should be a strong VET system supported by a National Qualification System with national and international credibility

12. 12 MVET Project is approx. 18.5 M€. The EC is financing a total of 14 M€ as a grant and the contribution of the MoNE is 4.5 M€. Duration is 42 months Objectives To establish transparent national vocational and technical teacher standards, including the required key competencies for teachers The Project on Modernization of Vocational Education and Training in Turkey (MVET)

13. MVET (cont.) To develop new curricula in pre-service (5) and in-service (3) VET teacher training based on these agreed standards To support the implementation of 20 innovative pilot projects in the regions To assist in the development of Turkish government's strategy within a mid-term perspective for the needs of a national VET TT system