Student Mobility
In Türkiye, student mobility is mainly carried out within the scope of the European Union Education and Youth Programs run by the Turkish National Agency since 2004. The evaluation, acceptance, funding and supervision of country-based projects prepared by pre-primary, primary and secondary education institutions, district national education directorates, provincial national education directorates and general directorates of MoNE are carried out by the Turkish National Agency. Ongoing primary and secondary education and vocational education and training sector projects under the Erasmus+ program enable the mobility of students at primary and secondary education level. In addition, student mobility is also realized through the projects carried out for vocational education and training within the scope of the ongoing Erasmus+ vocational education sector. Internship mobility in vocational education and training supports the development of competencies of vocational high school students and apprentices.
Under the Erasmus+ program and Partnerships for Cooperation, participating institutions/organizations in the field of school education and vocational education and training are also offered opportunities for international cooperation experience and institutional capacity building. Partnerships can be established involving organizations from different countries, different fields of education, training and youth and/or different sectors, which may result in the development, transfer or implementation of innovative practices at institutional, local, regional, national or EU levels. Through these partnerships, there are also opportunities for mobility abroad for education staff and students.
Teacher Mobility
Within the framework of the Erasmus+ program, KA1 Mobility of Individuals for Learning and KA2 Partnerships for Cooperation Projects also include teacher mobility. In Türkiye, teacher mobility is mainly carried out within the scope of the European Union Education and Youth Programs carried out by the Turkish National Agency since 2004. Projects in the field of primary and secondary education, vocational education and training under the Erasmus+ program enable the mobility of teachers in public or private institutions and organizations at kindergarten, primary and secondary education level.
Within the scope of the projects carried out in the field of “Erasmus+ school education”, public or private institutions and organizations and the staff in these institutions participate in “on-the-job observation”, “teaching and training assignments” and “courses and trainings” activities for the purpose of education and training. Within the framework of the projects, staff mobility is carried out under the titles of “Mobility of Individuals for Learning” and “Partnerships for Cooperation”.
In addition to the projects in the field of “School Education”, Erasmus+ projects in the field of “Vocational Education and Training” aim to improve the qualifications of teachers and provide them with professional development opportunities abroad. For vocational education staff, these activities aim at acquiring and updating their practical knowledge or increasing their pedagogical skills, and include basic activities such as teaching or tutoring of vocational education staff in a vocational school or an enterprise abroad, working with a colleague in a vocational education and training institution abroad or with an expert/master in an enterprise (on-the-job learning), or attending courses or trainings abroad.
Promotion, dissemination and protection of Turkish culture abroad and preservation of the cultural ties of our citizens and compatriots abroad with our country, Within the framework of the legislation determined by the “Decree of the Council of Ministers on the Working Principles and Procedures of the Inter-Ministerial Joint Cultural Commission and the Determination of the Qualifications, Rights and Obligations of the Personnel to be Assigned Abroad by this Commission” dated 5/6/2003 and numbered 2003/5753 published in the Official Gazette dated 3 July 2003 and numbered 25157, faculty members, lecturers, instructors and teachers are assigned abroad.