Curriculum

Boris Jokic, former head of the expert group designing a new school curriculum for Croatia, on Wednesday accused Montenegro of copying a significant part of their work.

A protocol signed by the Education Ministry and the Ensar Foundation, an Islamic-inspired children's group that was previously embroiled in a major child abuse scandal, allows the latter to organize courses in nearly 1,000 public education centers, daily Cumhuriyet reported on Aug. 2. 

22% of students drop out between the 5th to 7th grade of education. This was stated by Aneliya Klisarova from BSP in the studio of "The Day Begins" on BNT.

According to Klisarova, until we change the curriculum, we can not have valuable textbooks. A broad public debate is needed to make them sustainable.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the country's new education curriculum, saying that Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, was being left out of it.

A group of Turkish biology associations have reacted against a recently announced curriculum, saying they are disappointed with the fact that evolution has been left out.

The Education Ministry has increased the number of chapters in English courses for fifth grade students as part of efforts to turn the grade into a foreign language preparation year. 

Darwin's theory of evolution has been excluded from the most recent draft of Turkey's new national curriculum, which will be released following the Eid al-Fitr holiday, the head of the Education Ministry's curriculum board, Alpaslan Durmuş, has said.

Academics from top universities in Turkey have told the Education Ministry that evolutionary theory is excluded from curriculum "only in Saudi Arabia," after the ministry removed the subject from its formal new curriculum. 

A draft curriculum presented by Turkey's Education Ministry has received a total of 184,042 suggestions, with the most complaints and suggestions coming regarding classes on Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, and the theory of evolution. 

As work in Croatia on comprehensive reform of the curriculum appears to stall, some scientists say they fear the education system will be modernised in a conservative direction or abandoned altogether.