Minister Avcı attends Anatolia News Agency Editor’s Desk program  
Minister Avcı attends Anatolia News Agency Editor’s Desk program

Minister Avcı attends Anatolia News Agency Editor’s Desk program

Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı answered some questions concerning recent developments during the Anatolia News Agency Editor’s Desk news program

Minister Avcı attends Anatolia News Agency Editor’s Desk program

May Allah rest their souls in peace, Minister of National Education Nabi Avcı said about the terrorist attack in Ankara adding that he paid his condolences to the families of those who died during the attack. He said that there were some teachers among the victims of the attack.

Noting that there were many discussions and criticisms about the government during this process, Minister Avcı said, “Such things can be expected. You cannot expect people to keep silent when such tragic events take place. But it is not possible to reach a conclusion without knowing all the details about the incident.”

Answering a question about teacher appointments to Eastern and Southeastern cities of the country, Minister Avcı stressed that 70 percent of total appointments were made to these cities and teacher occupancy rate rose above the average of Turkey with the recent appointments.  

Teachers appointed to Eastern and Southeastern cities

“Media focused on concerns that some teachers would not go to these regions. But, only 40 teachers out of 29 thousand appointed teachers wanted to be excused from this duty. When the people of the region see a 23-24 year old young teacher in their city, they embrace him/her.”

Terror organization calls for education boycott  

Concerning separatist terror organization’s call for boycotting and protesting education, Minister Avcı said that such attempts took place at the beginning of every school year and none of these calls were successful. 

The country needs a total of 95 thousand and 624 teachers

“We have appointed more than 2 thousand and 95 handicapped teachers. Last year, we appointed 51 thousand and 74 teachers and now the country needs a total of 95 thousand and 624 teachers. Number of students studying in the same classroom in the whole country dropped under 30.” 

“We can appoint 10 thousand teachers, this is the figure I can freely give”

“If there was a certain figure about next years’ teacher appointments, I would have announced this. The parliament is in recess. After the recess, it will start working on the budget. As the Ministry of National Education, we will ask for more appointments,” 

 “Appointments to state positions are regulated by the law. In other words, number of appointments that will be made by the Ministry is determined by the law and should be permitted by the Ministry of Finance. Last year, the Ministry of Finance allowed us to make 37 thousand appointments although the law said we would make 47 thousand appointments. In short, we have 10 thousand vacant appointments for this year. But this depends on the decision of the Ministry of Finance.” 

“Orientation program for teachers who will be appointed in February”

 “Students that will be appointed in February will start their duty and they will begin getting a salary by March 1. These newly appointed teachers will be accompanied by an advisor throughout the semester. They will receive orientation from senior teachers according to the location of their new duty and their department. Especially teachers who will be appointed to the regions where the majority of students speak Kurdish as mother language will learn basic Kurdish.”

Transition from Primary Education to Secondary Education Exams is the base to transition to secondary education and students are placed in the schools according to the results of this examination. 

Minister Avcı said that students who failed to enroll in any school are registered in open secondary schools adding that: 

“But, as soon as we receive the final figure about the vacant quotas at schools, we offer these students the opportunity to transfer to formal education institutions. We have foreseen three stages. During the first stage, we are planning to announce the vacant quotas, students will make their application during the second stage and finally they would be enrolled in the schools.”

Students will have the right for apply for transfer until 17:00 on October 20. 

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