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GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TÜRKİYE THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION

Table 10: Enrollment rates by education level

Education level Enrollment Rates

Pre – school %34

Primary school %108
Secondary school %53

High school %23

Source: MoNE presentation text dated 2 August 2017

Table 11: Enrollment rates by gender

Number of Student Number of students in public
Gender Total
on TTCs schools
Female 174.156 134.353 308.509
Male 176.979 133.460 310.439
TOTAL 351.135 267.813 618.948

Source: MoNE document dated October 23, 2017
The number of school-aged Syrian children in our country is even higher than the total
number of students in many EU countries, and this situation calls for a serious increase
in capacity. In addition, despite all of Türkiye’s efforts and most importantly the state’s
commitment to the “no lost generation” policy, the fact remains that there are serious
problems in Syrian children’s education, as the number of children not attending school
is still quite high; a solution must be found without delay. First of all, the Ministry of
National Education of Türkiye, along with other institutions related to this issue, are
continuing efforts to limit the size of the “lost generation” as much as possible. Many
potential problems that will arise if Syrian children’s education is disrupted are taken
into account in particular in these endeavors. The problem areas of education for Syrian
children are as follows:

1. The main problem encountered in the education of Syrian children arises from
the difference in language and alphabet. Problems arising due to language
differences constitute natural obstacles to the integration of children in
Turkish-medium schools. This problem is especially striking for students in
grade three and above who are directed to public schools.Another important
problem encountered in the field of education is the presence of 357 thousand
Syrian children who can not be schooled.

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