Education
Language, Lack of International aid Impede Schooling for Syrians
| Education and Social PoliciesEducation is a key concern for Turkey, which is embattled with the influx of refugees …
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Education and Social PoliciesBreaking Down Barriers: Getting Syrian Children into School in Turkey
By İpek Coşkun By Celile Eren Ökten By Nergis Dama By Mümine Barkçin By Shady Zahed By Marwa Fouda By Dilruba Toklucu By Hande ÖzsarpWe hope that the findings from this report will help inform Turkish policymakers, school leaders, teachers and partners in the international community as they work together to ensure no refugee child is without education.
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Education and Social PoliciesEducation Data in Years and Schooling Rate of Syrian Children in Turkey
By SETASchooling rate in years and 2017-8 objective…
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News“EU Fund for Syrians in Turkey Not Even Enough for Their Education Needs”
By Müberra GörmezThe EU's 3 billion euros of aid to Ankara for Syrian refugees in Turkey is criticized by experts who say that the amount is not even sufficient for covering the education needs of the refugees, let alone their other needs
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Quest for the “Reasonable” in Transition to High School
By Bekir S. GürIn brief, the critical issue in building a new system is not whether or not to have an entrance exam. What matters is creating a mechanism in which the entrance exam will be designed to select a limited number of students.
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Saving YÖK from Becoming the Guardian of the Regime
By Bekir S. GürEven the oldest universities in Turkey are deprived of a fundamental academic culture, universities still discuss higher education issues by shouting slogans and universities tend to be repressive and resist the new.
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Why Education Reform Bill is Good For Turkey
By Doğan EşkinatReforming Turkey’s education system symbolizes not only an end to weak civilian institutions but also represents an opportunity to bridge the gap between secularists and conservatives in the country.
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A new Chapter in Turkish Higher Education
By Ibrahim KalinWith the appointment of Yusuf Ziya Özcan as the new president of Turkey’s Higher Education Board (YÖK), there is renewed hope for the future of the Turkish university system. For too long Turkish universities have performed way below acceptable international standards. Nor have they catered to the increasing needs of Turkish society. Instead of improving the standards of higher education in Turkey, YÖK has acted like an academic police controlling everything in the universities.