Education

Of Turkey's 44 public law faculties, 11 deans have non-legal degrees Turkish ministry reports thousands of households in squalor CHP mayor, Istanbul governor in fresh row over poor school hygiene Opposition municipalities blocked from cleaning schools Brain drain of higher education graduates increases to 2 pct in 2023 Court of Accounts reveals how private schools defraud ministry Education Ministry announces 30k new cleaning personnel upon crisis 2 million students out of formal education in Turkey One in five children face deep poverty ahead of new school year Turkish private schools sold along ‘with enrolled students’ Turkish Education Ministry demands renaming schools with foreign names 1,453 departments in public universities do not employ professors Private high schools, foundation unis raise tuition fees by 100-300% Students perform poorly in Turkey’s university entrance exam Educators protest lacking teaching profession bill Education ministry reintroduces grade retention for high schoolers Principal bars girls from graduation for 'inappropriate attire' Unions to protest violence in schools after principal shot dead CHP deputies protest new curriculum, deem it ‘outdated’ President Erdoğan criticizes US crackdown on college protests New curriculum centers religious 'values, morals,' criticize unions Turkish universities 'saddened' by police brutality in US campuses Twenty-four students hospitalized after consuming cafeteria food Eight university libraries in Turkey have fewer books than students Directorate finds 'no problem' in taking students to prayers Turkey sees 1.2 million children out of formal education Turkish preschool forces students to fast as part of ‘values’ class ‘Environmental values class’: sacrifice rituals, handcuffing children School asks students to practice grieving their moms in 'values class' Union: 'Education ministry to center creationism in bio curriculum'