SYRIAN CHILDREN OUT OF EDUCATION: AN EVALUATION FROM PROFESSIONALS’ PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

This study aims to understand and explain why Syrian children cannot attend school based on the narratives of professionals working with immigrants in Konya province within the socio-cultural context. A qualitative research design is conducted by interviewing 15 professionals working in public and non-governmental organizations and carrying out one-to-one studies with Syrian children and their families in Konya. As a result of the interviews, six themes (economic challenges, cultural barriers to education, uncertain environment, reflections of ghettoization, failure to enroll in school, and handicaps in the education system) are found to play a role in the low schooling of Syrian children. The study points out that more efforts are needed to include Syrian children who are out of school in the educational system. In this direction, we emphasize the importance of developing the capacity of schools, expanding vocational education, establishing a multi-sectoral and multi-actor working mechanism, and starting school social work practice.

Keywords

• Syrian children
• school system
• schooling
• inability to attend to school
• social adaptation

OKULLAŞAMAYAN SURİYELİ ÇOCUKLAR: PROFESYONELLER PERSPEKTİFİNDEN BİR DEĞERLENDİRME

Öz

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Konya’da göçmenlerle çalışan profesyonellerin anlatılarına dayanarak Suriyeli çocukların okula gidememe nedenlerini anlamak ve açıklamaktır. Nitel araştırma prosedürüne göre tasarlanan bu çalışmada, Konya'daki Suriyeli çocuklar ve aileleriyle birebir çalışmalar yürüten kamu ve sivil toplum kuruluşlarında çalışan 15 profesyonel ile görüşmeler gerçekleştirilmiştir. Görüşmelerin sonucunda, ekonomik zorluklar, eğitimde kültürel engeller, belirsizlik ortamı, gettolaşmanın yansımaları, okula kaydolmada başarısızlık ve eğitim sistemindeki engeller olmak üzere altı tema belirlenmiş ve bu temaların Suriyeli çocukların düşük okullaşmasında rol oynadığı sonucuna varılmıştır. Çalışma, okula gidemeyen Suriyeli çocukların eğitim sistemi içinde yer alması için daha fazla çaba gerektiğini vurgulamaktadır. Bu doğrultuda, okulların kapasitesinin geliştirilmesi, mesleki eğitimin genişletilmesi, çok sektörlü ve çok aktörlü bir çalışma mekanizması oluşturulması ve okul sosyal hizmet uygulamasının başlatılması önemlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Suriyeli çocuklar
• okul sistemi
• okullaşma
• sosyal uyum
• okullaşamama

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