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The Interest in Vocational Education The Interest in Vocational Education in Turkey and in our school

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• In the Academic Year of 2002-2003; The number of students in vocational education system: 985.575 The ratio of students in vocational high schools among all other high schools: % 30

• In the Academic Year of 2009-2010; The number of students in vocational education: 1.819.448

The ratio of students in vocational high schools among all other high schools: % 46

• In the year of 2012-2013, it is expected that the ratio of students in vocational high schools among all other high schools will be % 51.

• The goal of Turkey is to increase the ratio of students in vocational education up to %60 in coming years.

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• Being disadvantaged in university placements

(Because of the coefficient system that was introduced in 1999)

• Lack of knowledge of parents and students

about vocational education

and its opportunities

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• Solving the problem of being disadvantaged in university placements – The reduction of the difference in the coefficients in 2009 – Opening up the quota of special engineering for vocational school

graduates in 2010, – In 2012, with the abolishment of the coefficient system, university

placement will be provided on equal terms to all high school graduates

• Generalizing the work which is to inform parents and students about vocational education and its opportunities with a plan

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• Having a certificate to start a business after graduation,

• Having the chance to attend two-year degree programs related to their vocational field without entering any exams, according to types of schools and students’ performance at schools,

• The creation of new engineering programs in which only

the vocational education graduates could attend,

• Increasing employment opportunities after graduation,

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• Informing teachers ,parents and students about vocational education and vocational programs,

• Organizing visits of Primary Schools to our school,

• Organizing Vocational Education and career fairs,

• Cooperation with Private Teaching Institutions that prepare students for the post- secondary education

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• Informing school administrators and counselors who work at primary schools about vocational education, vocational fields and vocational institutions around us,

• Informing parents who have final year children,

• Informing final year students in Primary Schools all about vocational

education, fields and vocational education institutions around us

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• Final year students in Primary Schools visit vocational education schools. Thus, they can observe these institutionsand their labs.

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• Vocational education institutions introduce themselves and their projects in some places that students and parents can visit easily.

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• The authorities of the private teaching institutions, which prepare primary school pupils for some state’s special high schools called “Anatolian high school”, are invited and informed about our school, vocational education and its opportunities. They are asked to motivate pupils to enter the vocational education.

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