Publication: Improving the Quality and Equity of Basic Education In Turkey : Challenges and Options
Date
2011-06-30
ISSN
Published
2011-06-30
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Providing education for all has been a
core objective of many governments since the launch of the
Millennium Development Goals a decade ago. Basic education
is the foundation of education and learning and, as such, is
the point where Turkey started its push for education for
all. This policy note is designed as an input for the
discussion among stakeholders in Turkey on how to improve
the quality and equity of basic education. The document
provides an analysis and benchmarking of the performance of
basic education in Turkey in each of these areas along with
international evidence and a discussion of specific policy
options. Although Turkey has significantly expanded access
to education in the last decade, important challenges await
on two interrelated fronts: quality and equity.
Turkey's educational system is currently of low quality
relative to the growth and competitiveness ambitions of the
country and is also significantly more inequitable than
other Organization for Economic Co-Operation and
Development, or OECD countries.
Citation
“World Bank. 2011. Improving the Quality and Equity of Basic Education In Turkey : Challenges and Options. © Washington, DC. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/13250 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”