Education Ministry

Schools reopened on March 13 in the southern quake-hit provinces of Adana, Gaziantep and Osmaniye, as education had to be suspended in the quake-hit region due to the massive destruction caused by the twin tremors last month.

Around 4,159 schools in Türkiye are located in places with high earthquake risk, of which 191 schools are in the fault avoidance zone, the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects (TMMOB) has announced, with engineers warning of a potential hazard in the event of other earthquakes.

As part of the effort to digitally transform school education, the Education Ministry plans to introduce interactive whiteboards and robotics systems.

The 65 percent ceiling increase in private schools' tuition fees would put the sector in trouble, sector representatives say, noting that 3,000 schools will be closed 30,000 teachers will be unemployed at the end of the year if there is no incentive.

In line with the effort to prevent drug abuse and peer bullying in schools, the Education Ministry will prioritize the appointment of guidance teachers in 2023.

The Education Ministry's decision to push forward the procedures for getting teacher evaluations off the ground was a symbolically important move, as much as it was essential.

Nearly 19 million students in Türkiye, studying in preschools, primary, secondary and high schools, have begun their two-week half-term break after completing their first semester and receiving their mid-term report cards on Jan. 20.

The first semester of the 2022-2023 academic year started on Sept. 12, 2022, and students and teachers will return to classes on Feb. 6.

The assessment of 4,500 newly appointed school teachers, one of the flagship policies of the government's reform agenda, will begin this coming week, the Education Ministry said Thursday.

The long-awaited evaluation of teachers will start next week, beginning with the newly appointed ones, as their assessment is a condition for a full-time contract, the Education Ministry announced on Thursday.

A group of high school students in the Central Anatolian province of Konya has developed an electrical and solar-powered compost machines.

The machines developed by high school students in Konya to raise awareness about "zero waste" and prevent environmental pollution started to be used in schools throughout the country.