The Ministry of National Education made a series of changes in education processes this year.
While there were many regulations made after the new Minister of Education, Yusuf Tekin, took office, new steps were taken, such as rearranging the absenteeism conditions in high schools, reintroducing the practice of grade repetition and making transitions to open education more difficult.
Following these decisions, the 'National Education Statistics-Formal Education 2022-2023' data announced by the Ministry attracted attention.
According to the data, 11.7 percent of students studying in secondary and high school continue to study in open education. Experts called for system regulation.
MORE THAN 600,000 STUDENTS TRANSFERRED TO OPEN EDUCATION IN ONE YEAR
According to the 'National Education Statistics-Formal Education 2022-2023' data announced by the Ministry of National Education, a total of 19 million 904 thousand 679 students received education at pre-school, primary and secondary education levels in Turkey last year.
2 million 346 thousand 654 of these students, or 11.7 percent, are studying in open education.
While this figure was 1 million 738 thousand 198 in the previous academic year, it is seen that 608 thousand 456 more students transferred to open education in one year.
It was stated that 337 thousand 174 of these students were studying in secondary school and 2 million 9 thousand 480 were studying in high school.
OPEN EDUCATION IS USED MOST IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES
Making evaluations on the subject, Prof. Dr. Selahattin Turan, Lecturer of Educational Sciences at Bursa Uludağ University Faculty of Education, pointed out that the open education education system exists in underdeveloped countries.
"Open education is a system that exists mostly in third world countries to provide resources if there are no schools, teachers or resources. If there is no high school or secondary school and the classes are crowded, then you can leave it to your choice. Transfer to open high school indicates that there is a problem in the structure and functioning of education," Turan said.
"IN THE PAST IT WAS PREFERRED BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, NOW IT IS PREFERRED BECAUSE OF SYSTEM"
Pointing out that there is no data in the published data about why children switch to open education, Turan reminded the research conducted in the past.
"In a study conducted in 2001, students' transition to open education was mostly due to economic conditions. Now, this is preferred because of the system. The Ministry's decision to make transitions more difficult is correct, but this should be taken within the integrity of the system," Turan added.