30.10.2026 11:50
Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin clarified the model regarding the possibility of changing the practice of providing education with the same classroom teacher for four years in primary schools. Stating that a model envisaging different teachers serving in first and second grades and in third and fourth grades is being discussed, Tekin said that no decision has been made yet. Minister Tekin said, "If our teacher colleagues do not want it, it will be abandoned."
Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin made statements about the new model according to which the practice of the same teacher teaching classes for four years in primary schools will change.
Noting that different models aimed at specialization in education have begun to become widespread around the world, Tekin stated that there are demands in some schools for subject teachers to teach certain courses.
Tekin, saying that as the Ministry they have obtained teachers' opinions, underlined that there is not yet a finalized regulation.
1ST AND 2ND GRADES AND 3RD AND 4TH GRADES MAY BE SEPARATED
Stating that within the scope of the new model, the option of different primary school teachers working in the first two years and the last two years of primary school is being evaluated, Tekin said the following:
'There is an expectation of specialization. Naturally, we are also asking our teachers, What do you think about this? As of now, it is not a matter we have decided on or said we will do.'
Regarding an evaluation he made in a teachers' room, Tekin used the following statements:
'First and second graders in primary school are groups closer to each other in terms of age group. Third and fourth graders are closer groups. Therefore, we are asking our teachers' opinions on what they think, wondering how it would be if primary school classroom teachers were separated into those teaching first and second grades and those teaching third and fourth grades.'
'IF TEACHERS DO NOT WANT IT, IT WILL BE ABANDONED'
Emphasizing that the model in question is still at the discussion stage, Tekin stated that teachers' opinions will be decisive.
Tekin said, 'This is still at the discussion stage. If necessary, our General Directorate of Basic Education will hold workshops on this. Perhaps at the end of that, if our teacher colleagues do not want it, it will be abandoned.'
'NO CONCRETE STEP HAS BEEN TAKEN BY OUR MINISTRY'
Minister Tekin, stating that it is not in question for the new practice to be implemented in the short term, used the statements, 'At the moment, there is no concrete, matured, or taken step by our Ministry regarding this matter, and it is not something to be done from today to tomorrow anyway.'