At every province, there exists the provincial national education directorate and at every district excluding the centre district, there exists the national education directorate at district level. The national education directors in districts are responsible towards the provincial national education directors in terms of duties and services. They shall undertake education services on the basis of province and district.
Provincial and district directorates shall consist of branches, bureaus,
permanent boards and commissions according to the characteristics of the
service.
Main duties of educational directorates are as follows:
- Administrative services
- Personnel services
- Education – training services
- Budget – investment services
- Research – planning – statistics services
- Inspection – guidance – investigation services
- Civil defence services
Main departments that have to exist in provincial and district directorates are as follows:
| 1.Personnel | 13.Scholarships and Lodging |
| 2.Appointment | 14.Private Education Institutions |
| 3.Examination Investigation and Evaluation | 15.Health Affairs |
| 4.Culture | 16.Non-Formal Education |
| 5.Education, Training and Student Affairs | 17.Apprenticeship and Vocational Technical Education |
| 6.Program Development | 18.Research – Planning and Statistics |
| 7.In Service Training | 19.Budget – Investment and Facilities |
| 8.Computer and Test Services | 20.Education Materials and Tools |
| 9.Pre-Primary Education | 21.Archive and Administration Department |
| 10.Special Education and Guidance | 22.Civil Defence Services |
| 11.Physical Training Sports in School | 23.Media and Public Relations |
| 12.Services for Teacher and Social Affairs |
These departments are established in the form of branches joined or separated according to the number of staff as national education director of the province or district.
Chart : 5
Note: In accordance with the Circular dated 25.1.1995 numbered 1995/9, until the arrangement of hierarchicasl order in staff distribution, national education deputy directors, national education deputy director and department heads may be assigned to be responsible from service units defined by the Regulation on National Education Directorates.
Source : MONE General Directorate of Personnel 2000
Chart : 6
Note: In accordance with the Circular dated 25.1.1995 numbered 1995/9, until the arrangement of hierarchicasl order in staff distribution, national education deputy directors, national education deputy director and department heads may be assigned to be responsible from service units defined by the Regulation on National Education Directorates.
Source : MONE General Directorate of Personnel 2000
| COUNTRY | CITY | TITLE |
| USA | Washington | Education Counselor |
| New York | Education Attaché | |
| Los Angeles | Education Attaché | |
| GERMANY | Berlin | Education Counselor |
| Berlin | Education Attaché | |
| Cologne | Education Attaché | |
| Mainz | Education Attaché | |
| Münster | Education Attaché | |
| Münih | Education Attaché | |
| Nürnberg | Education Attaché | |
| Stuttgart | Education Attaché | |
| Düsseldorf | Education Attaché | |
| Essen | Education Attaché | |
| Frankfurt | Education Attaché | |
| Hamburg | Education Attaché | |
| Hannover | Education Attaché | |
| Karlsruhe | Education Attaché | |
| AUSTRIA | Vienna | Education Counselor |
| AUSTRALIA | Sydney | Education Attaché |
| BELGIUM | Brussels | Education Counselor |
| DENMARK | Copenhagen | Education Counselor |
| FRANCE | Paris | Education Counselor |
| Strasbourg | Education Attaché | |
| Lyon | Education Attaché | |
| GEORGIA | Tbilisi | Education Counselor |
| HOLLAND | Lahey | Education Counselor |
| ENGLAND | London | Education Counselor |
| SWITZERLAND | Bern | Education Counselor |
| SWEDEN | Stockholm | Education Counselor |
| EGYPT | Cairo | Education Counselor |
| SAUDI ARABIA | Riyad | Education Counselor |
| RUSSIA | Moscow | Education Counselor |
| TRNC | Nicosia | Education Counselor |
| AZERBAIJAN | Baku | Education Counselor |
| KAZAKHISTAN | Almaati | Education Counselor |
| KIRGIZIA | Bishkek | Education Counselor |
| UZBEKHISTAN | Tashkent | Education Counselor |
| TURKMENISTAN | Ashgabat | Education Counselor |
| TAJIKHISTAN | Dushanbe | Education Counselor |
Source : MONE General Directorate of Foreign Relations 2000
3. DUTIES OF THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
On behalf of the State, the Ministry of National Education is charged with the pursuit of the goals of Turkish National Education in line with the above basic principles.
The main duties of the Ministry of National Education according to Law No: 3797 are:
- To plan, program, conduct, monitor and supervise all education and training services for the teachers and students of the education institutions at all levels that are affiliated to the Ministry, with a view to raising citizens who are committed to the principles and reforms of Atatürk and to the nationalism of Atatürk as expressed in the Constitution, who adopt, protect and promote the national, moral, spiritual, historical and cultural values of the Turkish nation, who love and always seek to exalt their family, country and nation, who know their duties and responsibilities towards the Republic of Turkey which is a democratic, secular and social state governed by the rule of law, founded on human rights and on the tenets laid down in the preamble to the Constitution, and who have internalized these in their behavior,
- To open pre-school, primary education, secondary education and all types of formal and non-formal training institutions and to allow education institutions, except higher education, to be opened by other ministry institutions and organizations,
- To organize and conduct the services related to education and training abroad for Turkish citizens,
- To determine the degrees of equivalency for formal and non-formal training institutions, except higher education, opened by other ministries, institutions and organizations and to prepare jointly and approve their programs and regulations,
- To cooperate in determining the programs, the regulations and the degrees of equivalency of the secondary education institutions affiliated to the Turkish Armed Forces,
- To carry out the duties and responsibilities assigned by the Higher Education Law to the Ministry in order to ensure that higher education is conducted within the integrity of national education policy,
- To conduct the services related to physical education, sports and scouts’ training at schools,
- To meet the accommodation and food needs of young people in higher education and ensure that they are financially
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