Minister Avcı guest at live NTV program  
Minister Avcı guest at live NTV program

Minister Avcı guest at live NTV program

Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı was the guest at the live “Executive Interview” program aired on the NTV news channel

Minister Avcı guest at live NTV program

Here are the highlights of Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı’s interview:

First of all, may Allah rest in peace the souls of those who died in the recent terrorist attack. There were teachers such as Atabey and students among them. We are deeply affected due to this recent attack as the education community.

 

Teacher appointments in February

“His Excellency the Minister of Finance announced that the number of personnel hiring for 2016 will be approximately 78 thousand. As the Ministry of National Education, we will try to obtain a majority of these hiring positions. But as you know, appointments to state positions are carried out according to the law. We still have 10 thousand personnel appointments at our disposal and we will make these appointments in February.


26 thousand teachers appointed to 29 cities located in East and Southeast Anatolia

“We have appointed 26 thousand of 37 thousand newly employed teachers to 29 cities located in East and Southeast Anatolia. Only 40 of them could not start their duty due to health or family issues. It might be useful to mention that there are also some teachers among those who were appointed to schools in major cities who also failed to start due to similar reasons.”


Every newly appointed teacher will have an advisor teacher

“We did not appreciate the idea of making appointments in February as these newly appointed teaches did not start their duties until the end of March. As you know, school year ends in late May or early June. Due to this reason, we preferred to make appointments in August and newly appointed teachers would start their duties in September. This year, it will be different. There is a smear campaign conducted by a certain media group against the Ministry of National Education. In case of a minor change or improvement, they are providing disinformation. The newly appointed teachers will begin receiving salaries in March and start working in their new place of duty. Every newly appointed teacher will have an advisor teacher who has a minimum of ten years of experience in teaching. New teachers willl have the opportunity to see experienced teachers in class and observe his or her relations with other teachers. New teachers will also see how provincial and district directorates of national education function.

During the summer, these teachers especially those appointed to Eastern and Southeastern regions of the country will receive vocational training and they will learn basic Kurdish in order to communicate with students in their mother tongue. It is not only a matter of language but also local culture. They will learn about the cultural and traditional activities of the region.


Transformation of preparatory schools

“Pursuant to Private Education Law and regulation, former preparatory schools have transformed into a pre-school, primary school, secondary school or high school. There was an illusion in the past that students could not be successful in the exams if they did not go to preparatory schools. Due to this reason, questions asked in the transition from primary school to secondary education are based on lessons learned in the classrooms. We also opened supplementary courses at schools and they are free.

Students do not need supplementary textbooks any more as there are free supplementary educational material in the Education Information Network which is the biggest education portal of the World.


4 million and 300 thousand students apply for supplementary courses

“Last year, 2 million and 600 thousand students attended the supplementary courses and this year 4 million and 300 thousand students applied for these courses through the e-course application module. Teachers who wanted to give these courses also make their applications via this module. More than 250 thousand teachers have applied since now. These courses and EIN are free.

There are more than 150 thousand supplementary education materials in EIN as well as text books, text samples and homework samples. All of students and teachers have their own passwords and they can access their portal throughout the day and night for free.

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