The Turkish education system has three main levels: primary education lasting 4 years, lower secondary education lasting 4 years, and upper secondary education lasting 4 years. Together, these comprise 12 years of compulsory education. There are about 62,000 schools and 17.2 million students in Turkey. Primary education aims to provide students with basic knowledge and skills to become good citizens. Secondary education prepares students for higher education or a profession through more specialized coursework. Turkey has 173 universities that provide 4-year bachelor's programs, with the most popular fields of study being law, medicine, education, and engineering.

1. TURKISH
EDUCATION
SYSTEM

2. General Information about Turkish
Education System
Official Language: Turkish
Alphabet: Latin Alphabet
Academic Year: September through June
Duration of
Schooling:
4+ 4 + 4
Compulsory
Schooling:
12 years (ages 6-17)

3. General Information about Turkish
Education System
Number of Schools About 62.000
Number of Students (formal Education) 17.2 Million
Number of Teachers 832.000

5. Turkish National Education System has two main
parts:
Formal Education
Non-formal Education

6. Formal Education
Formal education includes:
 pre-primary
 primary school
lower secondary school,
upper secondary
higher education institutions(Universities)

7. Pre-Primary Schools
involves the education of children in the age group
of 3 to 5 who have not reached the age of
compulsory primary education
They are optional
Their objective is to ensure that children develop
physically, mentally and emotionally and ready for
Primary Education

8. Primary education

9. Primary Schools
primary school age group is 6 to 9.
It’s compulsory.
Primary Education is free all state schools.
Foreign Language lessons will start at 2nd grade with
new law (Previously it was at 4th grade)
Students have 3 hours of English lesson in a week

10. Primary Schools
The purpose of primary education is to ensure
that every child :
acquires the basic knowledge, skills, behaviors,
and habits to become a good citizen,
is raised in line with the national moral
concepts and
is prepared for life and for the next education
level parallel to his/her interests and skills.

11. Lower Secondary Schools

12. Lower Secondary Schools(Elementary)
Lower Secondary school age group is 10 to 13.
It’s compulsory.
Lower Secondary Education is free all state schools.
Students have 4 hours of English lesson in a week

13. Secondary Education

14. Secondary Schools (High Schools)
Secondary Schools age group is 14-19
With a new Law in 2012, four years of Secondary
school is also compulsory today.
Secondary Education is free all state schools.
Students have to take two general exams shortly
called YGS-LYS to enroll a University.
Every year about 2 million students attend these
exams and 630,000 students get a chance to enroll
any faculty, four or two-year college according to
their points. So this exam is very important for every
student.

15. Secondary Education
There are 5 main types of high-schools in
Turkey.
Public High-Schools
Anatolian High-Schools
Science High-Schools
Vocational High-Schools
Military High Schools

16. Our School is…
A Public High School.
4-year-education
Minimum number of lessons in a week 30.
Maximum number of students in a class is 30
We have 3 hours of English lesson at 9th grade and 2
hours at other grades

17. Main Lessons at High School
Maths
Physics
Chemistry
Geometry
Biology
Turkish Language and Literature
History
Geography
Foreign Language (English)

18. Secondary Schools
The purpose of secondary education is:
 to give students a minimum
common culture,
 to identify individual and
social problems,
 to search for solutions,
 and to prepare the students for
higher education, for profession, for
life and for business in line with their
interests and skills.

19. Higher Education (Universities)
University Education is mostly 4 years
But, Faculty of Medicine is 6 years
Vocational Education is 2 years
Students apply Universities with their YGS-LYS Exam
Grades (University Entrance Exams)
University number in Turkey: 173
State University number: 107
Foundation (Private) University number: 66

20. Most Popular 5 Departments at Universities
1. Faculty of Law
2. Faculty of Medicine
3.Preschool Teaching
4.Faculty of Engineering
5. Psychological counseling and guidance

21. University Education
Faculty of Education is very popular.Many students
want to be teacher.
At the end of University education, students should
enter another exam called KPSS to work for
government.
Government give scholarship for thousands of
students who have economic difficulties.

22. University Education
Main Aims :
1. Train students according to our country’s science
policies and the need for labor in higher and various
levels of the society
2. Providing scientific training at various levels,
3. Doing research exploring sciences in further detail
in order to finding solutions to scientific, technical
and cultural problems especially to ones related to
our country

23. FACTS about Turkish Education System
Compulsory education starts at the age of 6.
A lesson duration is 40 or 45 minutes.
Course books are given for free for every student.
Every student will have a tablet pc and each
classroom have a smart board in a few years with
Fatih Project
School Uniform is compulsory until the end of high
school but with new regulation it won’t be
compulsory next year.

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