Turkish Labour Union (Memur-Sen) President Ali Yalcin, education investments should be made according to the population, not by stating, "to improve the quality of the education system to remove the barriers to increase, to establish a qualified education system is a necessity," he said.
Speaking in the program, Memur-Sen Chairman Ali Yalçın emphasized that educational investments should be made according to population, not according to the population. It is a necessity to increase the resources in order to remove the obstacles to improve the quality of the education system and to establish a more qualified education system.
Prepared by the (Educator Trade Union) (Eğitim-Bir-Sen) 'Education Overview 2019; Monitoring and Evaluation' report revealed Turkey's education record.
Memur-Sen and Education-Bir-Sen Chairman Ali Yalçin, who made statements in the program, reminded Konya Governor Cüneyit Orhan Toprak's scandal against teachers on 24 November Teachers' Day and said, "While the Governor's discussion continues, the teacher should be valued. Your education is as much as your teacher. We cannot talk about the beauty of the future in a place where the teacher has been subjected to violence."
EDUCATION RESOURCES NEED TO INCREASE
Yalçın said that they have done a serious study on the report and stated that they have prepared the "Education Overview Report" in academic frameworks.
Yalcin, education investments should be made according to the population, not according to the population underlined, gave information about the report. the policy to see if the investment made in training how effective and provide fruitful results and continuous monitoring of the implementation and evaluation attention should be Yalcin, "In recent years, the education system in Turkey has increased enrollment periods and rates, obstacles to access to education has been eliminated substantially. In spite of many positive indicators in education, unfortunately, there has been a downward trend in the resources allocated to education in recent years. It is an obligation to increase the resources in order to remove the obstacles to improve the quality of the education system and to establish a more qualified education system."
NUMBER OF STUDENTS EXCEED 18 MILLION
Yalçın stated that the 2019: Monitoring and Evaluation Report consists of five chapters: "Access and participation in education, outcomes of education, teachers and school principals, education and training environments and funding. I want to share a few findings with you. In the 2018-2019 academic year, the total number of students at all levels of education, excluding higher education, exceeded 18 million. Schooling problems at primary and secondary level were completely solved. There has been a significant increase in preschool and secondary education in recent years and the enrollment rate in pre-school age group has increased by 75 percent and by 88 percent in secondary education. Studies should be continued to increase the schooling rates in these two levels."
ACCORDING TO OECD, TEACHER'S PAY IS VERY LOW!
Yalcin, high school graduation rates in recent years has increased rapidly by emphasizing, despite the results of the high school graduates despite the basic knowledge and skills of graduating from the system, he said.
In the last part of his speech, Yalçın explained his solution proposals and said, "Solutions should be produced to increase the quality of vocational and technical education and the employability of graduates in order to increase the employment of graduates of vocational and technical education and to reduce unemployment rates. Compared with other OECD countries it appears to be relatively low salary of teachers in Turkey. Therefore, a model should be developed in order to increase the salaries of teachers and increase salaries depending on experience and seniority."