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Ministry Report Points To Serious Problems In Education System

21.04.2015 20:09

A recent report prepared by the Education Ministry has revealed that the Turkish education system is suffering from serious infrastructure problems, warning that even if the ministry allocated its entire budget to these problems, it would not be able to solve the problem of the lack of classrooms in Turkey within the next decade.

A recent report prepared by the Education Ministry has revealed that the Turkish education system is suffering from serious infrastructure problems, warning that even if the ministry allocated its entire budget to these problems, it would not be able to solve the problem of the lack of classrooms in Turkey within the next decade.

In the report titled “Evacuation Report on Managerial, Innovation and Development Workshops,” the Education Ministry points to a wide range of problems in the education system, such as issues that emerged as a result of the government's practice of employing substitute teachers to address teacher shortages in rural areas, political pressure on educators, infrastructure problems and the problems with regard to the placement of students in high schools according to their results on the Transition from Primary to Secondary Education (TEOG) exams. The report, which was prepared based on workshops held in 11 provinces with the participation of the provincial education managers of all 81 provinces of Turkey between July 16 and Aug. 28 of last year, reveals that a total of 9,491 lawsuits were filed against the Education Ministry just during 2013 and states that most of these lawsuits were filed due to uncertainty and challenges in existing legislation.

According to the report, most of the education managers pointed to the lack of classrooms during the workshops, stating that the number of classrooms is not sufficient and the number of students per classroom is very high across Turkey. The report also stated that this problem of a lack of classrooms has grown due to the introduction of the “4+4+4” educational reform in 2012 and that it can no longer be neglected.

The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) introduced large-scale education reform in 2012 -- dubbed the “4+4+4” education system -- which increased the period of compulsory education from eight to 12 years. With this law, compulsory education was separated into three four-year stages, consisting of elementary, middle and high school education.

Stating that Turkey needs approximately 200,000 more classrooms, the report also stated that even if the Education Ministry allocates its entire budget to solve the problem of insufficient classrooms, it will not able to achieve this within the next 10 years. According to the report, the educators called on the government to encourage private initiatives to be able to resolve this problem. The report also stated that the number of students per classroom has constantly increased, thus, the quality of education provided in these crowded classrooms has decreased in the last few years.

ARABAŞLIK == Union report: Turkey needs total of 228,000 classrooms

A report prepared by the Cihan Confederation of Trade Unions (Cihan-Sen) has revealed that Turkey needs a total of 228,000 more classrooms to be able to solve its classroom deficiency.

Pointing to crowded classrooms across the country, Cihan-Sen's report also stated that the number of students in a class even stands at 56 in some schools, although the average number should have been just 30 according to the report. The average number is just 21 for Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries, while it is 19.8 for European Union countries.

According to the report, average attendance rates are much higher in schools in the eastern and southeastern regions of Turkey compared to schools in western regions, revealing that the average number of students per classroom is 56 in Şanlıurfa province and 53 in Ağrı province.

The report also states that TL 50 billion should be allocated to solve the classroom deficiency in Turkey, but the necessary budget is not allocated for this problem.


Cihan-Sen's report says that the number of students increased by 700,000 immediately after the introduction of the 4+4+4 educational reforms in 2012, creating a need for an additional 28,000 new classrooms. (Cihan/Today's Zaman)



 
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