TURKISH NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM

  School Year Start and End Dates  In Turkey the school year begins in the second week of September and finishes at the end of the second week of June. School is open approximately between September 10 and the June 20. One School Year One school year comprises 180 working days. There are 185 holidays, comprised of summer vacation and weekends, along with midterm, national, and religious holidays.

The Turkish Education System was built in accordance with the Atatürk's Reforms after the Turkish War of Independence. It is democratic, modern, secular and co-educational.

Turkish educational system consists of two main divisions: a. Formal education b. Non-formal education

A. FORMAL EDUCATION The formal education school system has four levels: primary education (4 years) Secondary education (4 years) High school education (4 years) Higher education

High School Education High School education covers general and vocational technical secondary schools which provide a minimum of fours year of education for primary school graduates.

a.General Secondary Schools These schools offer a four-year education program.

When students complete the 9th grade, they choose the lessons according to their future plans about the university.

At the secondary level, the number of exams cannot be less than three per term for subjects taught in three or more teaching periods per week, and not less than two for courses taught for one or two teaching periods per week.

In addition to these exams which evaluate the achievements of student success, the behavior and attitudes of students are assessed by teachers. School guidance services and families cooperate with each other, and the teachers evaluations are indicated on the students' transcripts as "Behavior Grade."

At the end of high school, following the 12th grade, students take the national university entrance examination and if they succeed, they continue with their studies at a university.

MENDERES ANATOLIA HIGH SCHOOL

Menderes Anatolia High School is located in Menderes, which is a small town in İzmir. Our school consists of a building in a big garden with pine trees

There are 36 classes, 995 students and 50 teachers totally in our school.

Since we give importance to the student centered learning, students are mostly the leading figures in all activities that are held in the school.

In laboraties of chemistry and physics, our students have a suitable atmosphere for learning by living with the help of experiments and researches.

Following the developing technology, our school gives our students the chance of searching on subjects, preparing their papers and making presentations by using the computers in the laboratory. We try to support learning by using technology.

During the school year some seminers are given to the students instead of the lessons.

And by these seminers, we aim to make the students get information about different subjects and find some answers for the questions in their minds.

With the social, cultural and sports activities in our school, we try to discover the powerful and creative sides of our students.

Every year basketball and football tournaments are held between the classes in our school and our school’s basketball and football teams take part in the tournaments between the schools in İzmir.

We are the participants of the folk dance competitions with the support of the courses that are given by the Municipality of Menderes.

National Festivals are celebrated with different kinds of activities.

The guidance service is always ready to take care of the students as many as possible. And there is always a connection between the teachers and the guidance counsellor to help the students with their problems in and outside the school.

Democracy is also important in our school that the representative of students’ counsil is elected by democratic ways every year. And this representative of the school plays an important role while taking decisions in the school. The students express themselves and share their ideas with the directors and the teachers of the school by the help of him /her.

There is continuous communication between the school and the parents of the students by the help of the meetings that are done at the beginning and end of the semesters. We believe the importance and effect of cooperation between the school and the families on students’ success.

MENDERES ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

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