Turkish education minister proposes opening single-sex schools

Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin has proposed opening single-sex schools to convince parents who do not send their daughters because of mixed-sex education. “Mixed-sex education is essential, but my main task is to increase the enrollment rate,” Tekin argued.

Wednesday July 12 2023 03:58 pm

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Turkish Education Minister Yusuf Tekin on July 11 proposed opening up all girls schools to convince parents to send their children to schools.

Tekin told pro-government broadcaster A Haber that some parents do not send their daughters to school because of mixed-sex education.

“What is my primary goal as minister? To ensure that girls are getting education. Then we should be able to open all girls' schools, if necessary, in order to convince the parents. Parents should be able to send their children to all girls' schools if they want, or to all boys schools,” Tekin argued.

“Mixed-sex education is essential, but my main task is to increase the enrollment rate,” he added.

During the live broadcast, Tekin was also reminded about his book “Sharia, Legitimacy and Constitutionalism: Democracy Debates in the New Ottomans” and asked “Are you praising Sharia in this book?.”

In response, Tekin said “I wish I had enough knowledge to praise sharia or to write a book about sharia, but I don't. That book is about democracy discussions in Turkey.”