Türk Eğitim Sistemi Adına Kara Bir Tablo
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Grim Picture Emerges of Turkish Education System
06/18/2010 09:13:00
Grim picture emerges of Turkish education system
Thursday, June 17, 2010
As children across Turkey finish their last day of school before summervacation, a new report has found that only half of students between the ages of 15 and 19 will return to classrooms in thefall.
Alackofqualifiededucators, low familyincomesand pessimism about their higher-educationprospectsare among the key reasons behind the high dropout rate, which amounts to 2,000 students leaving school each day, the report's authors said.
The group presented thefindingsin its Education Monitoring Report 2009, the third the organization has prepared, at the Sabancı University Communications Center in Istanbul on Thursday.
According to Şaşmaz, levels of parental education and the number ofsiblingsa student has are key factors in whether or not they continue with their schooling, especially for girls. Only 16 percent of girls withilliteratefathers go to high school, compared to 94 percent for girls whose fathers are university graduates. He said teacher training has to be more interactive and that a long-term strategy must be drafted andimplementedby the Education Ministry.
Şaşmaz told the Daily News that othercontributingfactors in the low rate of high school participation include family income levels, living inruralareas and working in the agricultural sector. He said many young people are not motivated to continue with their high school education because they do not believe they will be able to enter university, because the educational system is based on rote-learning and exams and because they do not feel secure in the school environment. Seventy-five percent of students whodrop outof high school do so after the first year.
The Education Monitoring Report aims to monitor government reforms dealing with the educational system and informpolicy-makers and the public about thecurrentstate of education in Turkey.
Türk Eğitim Sistemi Adına Kara Bir Tablo - Grim Picture Emerges of Turkish Education System
Grim picture emerges of Turkish education system
Thursday, June 17, 2010
As children across Turkey finish their last day of school before summervacation, a new report has found that only half of students between the ages of 15 and 19 will return to classrooms in thefall.
Alackofqualifiededucators, low familyincomesand pessimism about their higher-educationprospectsare among the key reasons behind the high dropout rate, which amounts to 2,000 students leaving school each day, the report's authors said.
The group presented thefindingsin its Education Monitoring Report 2009, the third the organization has prepared, at the Sabancı University Communications Center in Istanbul on Thursday.
According to Şaşmaz, levels of parental education and the number ofsiblingsa student has are key factors in whether or not they continue with their schooling, especially for girls. Only 16 percent of girls withilliteratefathers go to high school, compared to 94 percent for girls whose fathers are university graduates. He said teacher training has to be more interactive and that a long-term strategy must be drafted andimplementedby the Education Ministry.
Şaşmaz told the Daily News that othercontributingfactors in the low rate of high school participation include family income levels, living inruralareas and working in the agricultural sector. He said many young people are not motivated to continue with their high school education because they do not believe they will be able to enter university, because the educational system is based on rote-learning and exams and because they do not feel secure in the school environment. Seventy-five percent of students whodrop outof high school do so after the first year.
The Education Monitoring Report aims to monitor government reforms dealing with the educational system and informpolicy-makers and the public about thecurrentstate of education in Turkey.
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