Future of Vocational and Technical Education in Turkey: Solid Steps Taken After Education Vision 2023

Year 2019, Volume: 10 Issue: 20, 166 - 192, 31.12.2019

Mahmut Özer Hayri Eren Suna

Abstract

Future of Vocational and Technical Education in Turkey: Solid Steps Taken After Education Vision 2023

Abstract

Future of vocational education and training (VET) becomes a controversial topic due to its important role in national economic- and social policies. Questions of how to increase the quality of VET and structure VET in era of advancing technology are responded by countries according to their labor markets. Ministry of National Education (MoNE) announced the Education Vision 2023 of Turkey in 2018 and VET is one of the most emphasized topics in vision report. Present study considers the concrete steps to strengthen VET in seven themes, in one-year period after release of Education Vision 2023 in Turkey. Strengthening cooperation with stakeholders, professional and pedagogical development of teachers, supporting diversity in VET, increasing the positive perception of VET, establishment of quality assurance system for VET, improving applied training and qualifications, and social integration through VET are themes related with improvements towards VET. Suggestions are provided for sustaining of improvements towards VET in Turkey.

Keywords

Vocational education and training, education vision 2023, ministry of national education, solid steps

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