1. Ministry of National Education TURKEY WG3 : “Innovative concepts for making the bridge between school and work” “Skilling the Future : VET and Workplace Learning for Economic Success” 04-05 July 2013 Leipzig-Germany

2. Outline Turkish TVET System particularly at 12th grade on the basis of on-job training, 2010 Action Plan on Strengthening the Links Between Empolyment and VET in Turkey, Legal Arrangements for Industrial Zones enabling to have their own VET high schools, National Occupational Standart for Labor and Vocational Counsellor- Vocational Qualifications Authority 1

3. Turkish Education System 2

4. Some Statistics 2012-2013 Total number of Upper Secondary Schools in Turkey 10.418 Total number of Upper Secondary Students in Turkey 4.996.623 Number of TVET Schools6.204 Number of TVET students  Male  Female 2.024.982 1.120.558 904.424 Total number of teachers at TVET Schools 135.502 Ratio of university pursuers (2011)% 7,1 Average employment of graduates (2011) % 58 3 Graduation Pictures of TVET Schools 2012-2013 Academic Year Source: MoNE Statistics 2012-2013

5. Turkish TVET System, Transitions 4

6.  Launched in 2010; Action Plan was developed in order to ensure that TVET is offered according to the needs of the country's labor market.  Action Plan aims to increase the employability of the labor force through enhanced cooperation and coordination between government ministries, government institutions, organizations, and agencies and private sector institutions. Years Labour Force Participation Rate % Employment Rate % Unemployment Rate % 200646,341,510,2 200746,241,510,3 200846,941,711 200947,941,214 201048,84311,9 201149,9459,8 2012-July50,846,68,4 Source :Turkish Statistical Institute 2010 Action Plan on Strengthening the Links Between Employment and TVET in Turkey 5

7. Legal Arrangement enabling Organized Industrial Zones (OIZs) establish private TVET schools With a recent law arrangement dd. July 2012; OIZs are allowed to establish private TVET Upper Secondary Schools. Beginning from the 2012- 2013 academic year, “education support” allocated by the government to each student: -attending 9th grade is appr. 3.500 TL (1.400 EUR) - attending 10th, 11th, 12th grades varies between 4.000 and 5.000 TL (1.600-2.000 EUR) Unemployment According to the Education Level / Years 2005200620072008200920102011 Illiterates4,94,85,26,38,06,0 4,6 Below upper secondary10,19,8 10,713,911,6 9,3 Upper Secondary13,914,013,914,118,015,9 12,6 TVET Upper Secondary13,611,812,011,715,613,211,0 Tertiary10,09,69,710,312,111,0 10,4 6

8. National Occupational Standart for Job and Career Counsellor Vocational Qualifications Authority Turkish Vocational Qualifications Authority (VQA) was founded with Law No. 5544 and dated 21 September 2006 with the objective of establishing and operating the National Qualifications System of Turkey in line with EU. One of the main duty of VQA is to develop National Occupational Standards (NOS) and National Qualifications. NOS is a document agreed by the business and education world and providing input to vocational education. How it works ? Development of the draft Occupational Standard and submission to the opinion of relevant parties and the public Submission of the draft OS to VQA Sector Committee and its review VQA Executive Board’s approval of the draft standard verified by VQA Sector Committee Publication of the Occupational Standard in the Official Gazette and adoption as National Occupational Standard (NOS) 7

9. Thank you ! Assoc. Prof. Ömer Açıkgöz Ministry of National Education Director General for TVET omer.acikgoz@meb.gov.tr 8