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Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin

Cilt: 22 Sayı: 1 28 Nisan 2026
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Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin

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The Vocational Education Center (MESEM) project, introduced in recent years by the Ministry of National Education (MoNE) as one of the initiatives aimed at strengthening the processes of education, production, and employment within vocational and technical education, has been reexamined and debated in light of the original rationale behind the emergence of vocational education. Vocational education refers to a system in which students receive in-person training in vocational and technical high schools while completing their apprenticeship, journeyman, and master-level training in vocational education centers that function as non-formal education institutions. However, in response to the continuously changing dynamics of working life and the evolving expectations of the labor market, the project has recently been discussed as a policy proposal designed to direct the workforce into working life under classifications such as “student-worker” and “student-apprentice.” Vocational education is considered highly significant in terms of facilitating students’ integration into the labor force by enabling them to transform their theoretical knowledge into practice, acquire work habits, develop their knowledge and skills, and specialize in a specific occupational field. This study reveals that the working conditions of students employed within the scope of MESEM—implemented as one of the initiatives aimed at strengthening and improving vocational and technical education and opened within Vocational and Technical Anatolian High Schools—are largely shaped by unfavorable circumstances. In the research, this process was examined through the example of students studying in schools located central and peripheral districts of Mersin. The study aimed to observe the students’ working conditions concretely and to identify the problems and adverse situations that may arise within this context.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Eğitim Politikası

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

28 Nisan 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

8 Ocak 2026

Kabul Tarihi

23 Mart 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 22 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Güneşer Demirci, A. (2026). Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin. Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 22(1), 142-163. https://doi.org/10.17860/mersinefd.1859277
AMA
1.Güneşer Demirci A. Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin. MEÜEFD. 2026;22(1):142-163. doi:10.17860/mersinefd.1859277
Chicago
Güneşer Demirci, Aytül. 2026. “Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin”. Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 22 (1): 142-63. https://doi.org/10.17860/mersinefd.1859277.
EndNote
Güneşer Demirci A (01 Nisan 2026) Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin. Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 22 1 142–163.
IEEE
[1]A. Güneşer Demirci, “Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin”, MEÜEFD, c. 22, sy 1, ss. 142–163, Nis. 2026, doi: 10.17860/mersinefd.1859277.
ISNAD
Güneşer Demirci, Aytül. “Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin”. Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi 22/1 (01 Nisan 2026): 142-163. https://doi.org/10.17860/mersinefd.1859277.
JAMA
1.Güneşer Demirci A. Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin. MEÜEFD. 2026;22:142–163.
MLA
Güneşer Demirci, Aytül. “Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin”. Mersin Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, c. 22, sy 1, Nisan 2026, ss. 142-63, doi:10.17860/mersinefd.1859277.
Vancouver
1.Aytül Güneşer Demirci. Working Conditions of Students Employed Within the Scope of Vocational Education Centers (MESEM): The Case of Mersin. MEÜEFD. 01 Nisan 2026;22(1):142-63. doi:10.17860/mersinefd.1859277

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