2024
The Century of Türkiye Education Model Parent School
In line with our goal of achieving holistic success by considering each student’s interests, abilities, skills, tendencies, and national values throughout the education and training process, the “Maarif Model Parent School Course Program” was also included in the “Family Schools” area of the course programs in the public education centers in order to emphasize the importance of the duties and responsibilities of the family in the renewed curricula called the Century of Türkiye Education Model and to ensure that parents are more involved in the education process and to transfer our national, cultural and spiritual values to future generations.
Within the scope of the “holistic education approach” model, which sees the student as a whole in terms of academic, mental, social, emotional, affective, physical and moral aspects, which is among the basic philosophies of the TYMM Curriculum, parents will also be trained. For this purpose, the “Century of Türkiye Education Model Parent School Course Program” prepared by our General Directorate.
Figure: Century of Türkiye Education Model Distance Education Programs for Families
Velivizyon Platform Series
Parent education content is developed and published on the https://velivizyon.meb.gov.tr/ platform to support parents in raising their children as successful and happy individuals. The active participation of parents in educational processes supports students’ social, emotional and cognitive development and improves their overall school experience. In this context, the Ministry of National Education launched the “Velivizyon” project to strengthen communication between students, parents and schools. The content presented on this platform aims to raise the awareness of families in order to enrich children’s social lives, deepen their world of thought and support their life skills. In addition, the Ministry of National Education the Century of Türkiye Education Model, which has recently been put into practice, aims to enrich education processes with this understanding by considering students holistically with their mental, emotional, physical, social and spiritual development aspects. With this model, it is aimed to raise wise generations who are moral and virtuous and who have adopted the ideal of doing what is good, right, beneficial and beautiful for their nation and humanity.
The Velivizyon platform features “My Family” series of 27 episodes of 10 minutes each with the slogan “Every Family is a School”. The “My Family” series on the Velivizyon platform includes episodes titled “Guiding with Knowledge”, “Accessing the Right Information”, “Being a Guide”, “Loving and Trusting”, “Giving Responsibility”, “Being a Mirror”, “Being an Example”, “Peace at Home Affects Success at School” and “Respect for Teachers”. The series “My Family” on the Velivizyon platform shows that TMM addresses many values and actions related to these values within the framework of “Virtue-Value-Action”. At the same time, the fact that values such as justice, family integrity, diligence, honesty, love, respect, responsibility, thrift and patriotism are covered in the episodes of the series shows that it aims to raise awareness about the importance of these values, especially among families and children. In addition, the series reveals the reflection of the family-child relationship in education through the efforts of families to be role models for their children and to contribute to the strengthening of family relationships. In addition, each episode of the series encourages important actions by parents, such as assigning small tasks and responsibilities to their children and supporting the child’s learning process. The episodes also emphasize kind and understanding behavior among family members, preserving family unity and creating opportunities to spend quality time, eating a balanced and healthy diet, and avoiding waste. Family education bulletins are also published on this platform.
Social Adaptation and Life Education (SLAE) Program
The 8-hour “Social Adaptation and Life Course Program” developed to facilitate the adaptation of all adult foreigners (17-65 years old) with legal residence rights to social, economic and cultural life in our country continues to be implemented through public education centers.
Digital Platforms for the Advanced Technical School for Girls: The Advanced Technical School for Girls Academy
The Advanced Technical School for Girls Academy YouTube channel, which was opened to meet the needs of people who are interested in traditional arts and crafts and who want to train themselves in these fields in order to reach wider audiences faster, includes 50 video content. The focus of the trainings on the channel is the historical process of the concept of design, the place of design today, interviews with artists and experts in their fields within the scope of the future in tradition - tradition in the future, as well as applications for various f ields carried out in the workshops of Advanced Technical School for Girls.
Turkish Language Proficiency Exam (Türkçedil)
The purpose of the Turkish Language Proficiency Exam conducted by the Ministry of National Education the Directorate General of Measurement, Evaluation and Testing Services in e-Sınav centers is to assess the Turkish reading, writing, listening and speaking skills of foreign nationals over the age of 16 who learn Turkish as a foreign language and who want to certify their Turkish language skills in line with their personal development and professional needs. The questions in the exam were developed in accordance with the “Common European Framework of Reference for Languages” and the language proficiencies in the “Programme for Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language” at the levels of A1, A2, B1, B2, C1.
The exam is conducted entirely electronically in language laboratories and e-Sınav centers designed in accordance with international standards, on computers assigned to the candidate. The Turkish Language Proficiency Test has received the Association of Language Testers in Europe (ALTE) approval (Q-Mark) and has registered its international validity.
ALTE’s Q-Mark approval indicates that the Turkish Language Proficiency Exam has successfully passed ALTE’s rigorous audits and meets 17 quality standards, including test design, administration, logistics processes, grading and classification, test analysis, and communication with stakeholders. Candidates who are successful in the Turkish Language Proficiency Exam are given an internationally valid result certificate.
Reforms in Teacher Training
With the Law No. 7528 on the Teaching Profession enacted in 2024, important reforms were made in the teacher training process in Türkiye. Within the scope of the Law, the duties, rights and responsibilities of teachers and school administrators were defined by taking into account the unique characteristics of educational environments, regulations were made regarding career steps in the teaching profession, and National Education Academy was established.
The duties of National Education Academy can be summarized as preparing and implementing training programs for preparation for the teaching profession, preparing and implementing administrator training programs, preparing, implementing and evaluating training programs for the adaptation of newly appointed teachers to the profession, professional development of teachers, administrators and other personnel, advancement in career steps and promotion in office, and determining their professional competencies. In order to fulfill the duties of the Academy, it is planned to open training and practice centers in many regions of Türkiye.
As of September 1, 2025, those who will be employed as teachers in the Ministry of National Education will be selected from among those who have graduated from at least one of the higher education programs at the undergraduate level that constitute a source for the teaching profession and who are successful in the preparatory training to be given by National Education Academy. Preparatory training will consist of theoretical and practical courses determined within the framework of the teaching profession competencies, including the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required by the teaching profession. Teacher candidates will be admitted to the preparatory training in line with the results of National Education Academy Entrance Examination (MoNE-AGS). MoNE-AGS will be conducted in 2 sessions: Academy Entrance Examination (AGS) and Field Knowledge of Teaching Test (ÖABT).
The duration of the preparatory education is four semesters. However, this period may be reduced to three semesters depending on the higher education program from which the prospective teacher has graduated. At the end of the preparatory education, 40% of the arithmetic average of the success grades in theoretical courses and 60% of the arithmetic average of the success grades in practical courses will be combined to determine the final success score for the teacher candidates’ appointment.
Teacher candidates who successfully complete the preparatory training will be employed as contract teachers, similar to the current practice in Türkiye. The appointment of contracted teachers will be based on the success score of the preparatory training and will be made in line with the preferences of the teacher candidates. Contracted teachers will not be eligible for reassignment for three years, except for life safety and health excuses. During this period, there will be no candidate teaching process for teachers. Contracted teachers who have completed three years of service will be appointed to teaching positions where they work upon their request. Those who are appointed to teaching positions will not be able to be relocated for one year, except for valid excuses.