Supplementary education in turkey: Recent developments and future prospects
Out of the Shadows: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education
ISBN: 978-1-78190-816-7, eISBN: 978-1-78190-817-4
Publication date: 19 November 2013
Abstract
Purpose
This chapter aims to provide the recent developments on the supplementary education system in Turkey. The national examinations for advancing to higher levels of schooling are believed to fuel the demand for Supplementary Education Centers (SECs). Further, we aim to understand the distribution of the SECs and of the secondary schools across the provinces of Turkey in order to evaluate the spacial equity considerations.
Design/methodology/approach
The evolution of the SECs and of the secondary schools over time are described and compared. The provincial distribution of the SECs, secondary schools, and the high school age population are compared. The characteristics of these distributions are evaluated to inform about spatial equity issues. The distribution of high school age population that attend secondary schools and the distribution of the secondary school students that attend SECs across the provinces are compared.
Findings
The evidence points out to significant provincial variations in various characteristics of SECs and the secondary schools. The distribution of the SECs is more unequal than that of the secondary schools. The provinces located mostly in the east and south east of the country have lower quality SECs and secondary schools. Further, the SEC participation among the secondary school students and the secondary school participation among the relevant age group are lower in some of the provinces indicating major disadvantages.
Originality/value
The review of the most recent developments about the SECs, examination and comparison of provincial distributions of the SECs and of the secondary schools are novelties in this chapter.
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Acknowledgements
Acknowledgment
The educational voucher system is also like the payment of medicine expenses by the Social Security Organization (SGK). A person with a doctor’s prescription can go to any pharmacy of his/her choice and get the medicine after paying a contribution. The SGK guarantees the pharmacy for the payment of the prescription. Of course this is a simplified example and the educational voucher system is more complicated. For this reason its implementation requires substantial preliminary studies. Precisely for this ground even in the United States its implementation took a long time and although the coverage is increasing, so far it is observed only in a few cities and states.
Citation
Tansel, A. (2013), "Supplementary education in turkey: Recent developments and future prospects", Out of the Shadows: The Global Intensification of Supplementary Education (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 22), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 23-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-3679(2013)0000022004
Publisher
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