Turkish National Educational System

General and specific goals

Main principles

Raising individuals who know his/her responsibility to the Republic of Turkey

Raising individuals who are respectful to people’ rights, and have well-grown characters and power and will of freely and scientifically thinking

Raising individuals who love his/her family, country, and people

Raising individuals who make themselves happy and contribute to community’s happiness

Raising individuals who adopt Turkish community’s moral, cultural and national values

Raising individuals who are bound to Atatürk’s revolution and principles

The right of education

Equality of opportunity and facility

Orientation

Continuity

Individual and community needs

Atatürk’s revolution and principles and nationalism

Generality and equality

There should not be exclusion of people regarding their languages, races, genders or religions, and privilege to a group of people in educational institutions.

Educational services are arranged with regard of Turkish community.

Individuals are given orientation through abilities and demands and assigned to diverse programs and schools.

Primary education is everyone’s right and other levels of education can be utilized by Turkish citizens demands.

Equality between man and woman is ensured, and for successful and needy students, free accommodation, scholarship and other types of aids are given.

Education is lifelong in essence.

Each part of educational system is on the basis of Atatürk’s principles and nationalism.

Democracy education

The conscious of democracy among Turkish citizens is ensured for strong, constant, free and democratic community through education.

Secularism

Secularism is essence in Turkish educational system.

Scientificity

All teaching programs and materials are created by being scientific.

Planning

Improvements of national education is planned in accordance with economic, social and cultural aims and technological developments.

Mixed education

Mixed education with male and female students is essence with excepts of some type of schools.

Educational campuses and school-family relations

If there is more than one educational institution in the same area, educational campuses may be found with educational campus management to fulfill common needs.

Education everywhere

National education aims education everywhere not only in schools with formal education.

REFERENCES
Milli Eğitim Temel Kanunu, Avalaible at,
https://oygm.meb.gov.tr/meb_iys_dosyalar/2017_11/08144011_KANUN.pdf