NATIONAL EDUCATION AT THE BEGINNING OF 2001

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
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1.INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1.1. INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS

Turkey has educational, scientific and cultural agreements with 71 other countries and work concerning these agreements continue. Currently, works on six projects continued by Educational Committees of member countries of the European Council. Participation to the projects under the headings of "Democracy, Human Rights and Minorities; Education and Cultural Cooperation" which are among the "European Council Cultural Cooperation Committee's" program have been accomplished till 1993. Southeast Mediterranean Project (SEMEP) which aims acquiring environmental consciousness and World Inheritance in Young Hands Project, which takes place among UNESCO Sister Schools Project and Globe Program are among projects that continue currently.
Ministry of National Education (MONE) also participates actively in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Education Committee and activities of Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI).

1.1.1. UNESCO/UNEVOC Project UNEVOC is "Professional and Technical Training International Project" which was started in 1992 in order to strengthen professional and technical training in member countries by United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO). MONE is the Turkish center of this project and is connected to UNESCO/UNEVOC network

1.1.2. OECD INES Project

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Center for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) creates comparative educational system indices according Indicators of Education Systems (INES) project and publishes in a book named "Education at a Glance".
Three different group works are done in this project:
· In Network-A works, evaluation of the educational system by obtaining student success data are aimed (TIMSS, PISA etc).
· In Network-B works, evaluation of the educational system from the point of view of business market, by obtaining educational and business market data are aimed.
· In Network-C works, creating school environment and school process indices and evaluating educational input and output are aimed.

 

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