SERVICES FOR STUDENTS

National Education At The Beginning Of 2002

1. ACCOMMODATION SERVICES
Provisions of pensions are expanded to meet the accommodation needs of students who attend school away from their families.

1.1. ACCOMMODATION SERVICES GIVEN BY THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION

In the academic year 2001-2002, there are 1.500 pensions all over the country with 359.800 bedding capacity. 28% of these pensions are for primary, 60% for secondary and 6% for Special education.

1.2. ACCOMMODATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY FOUNDATIONS, SOCIETIES, REAL PERSONS AND OTHER CORPORATE BODIES
Foundations, societies, real persons and other corporate bodies provide services in private dormitories for students attending secondary, higher and combined education.

- In the academic year 2001-2002, there are 2.100 pensions as secondary, higher and secondary-higher private student dormitories, of which 558 are for girls, 1.500 for boys and 45 are combined. These dormitories house 93.700 students: 25.300 girls and 68.400 boys.

- Of these dormitories, 1.000 are for secondary, 484 for higher and 609 for secondary-higher education.

STUDENT PENSIONS IN the ACADEMIC YEAR 2001-2002
EDUCATION UNITS	# OF PENSIONS	CAPACITY OF PENSIONS
General Directorate of Primary Education	518	186.527
General Directorate of Secondary Education	273	52.441
General Directorate of Technical Education for Boys	131	22.140
General Directorate of Technical Education for Girls	39	5.224
General Directorate of Trade and Tourism Education	33	4.002
General Directorate of Teacher Training and Education	73	17.852
General Directorate of Religious Education	292	46.899
General Directorate of Special Education Guidance and Advisory Services	68	8.975
Department of Health Affairs	116	440
General Directorate of Private education Institutions	2	15.371
TOTAL	1.545	359.871

As of 01.10.2001
(*) As of 07.11.2001
RESOURCE: Research, Planning and Coordination Board

PRIVATE STUDENT DORMITORIES IN 2001-2002
DORMS	# OF DORMS				# OF ACCOMMODATED STUDENTS
DORMS	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS	COMBINED	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS
Secondary Education	1.099	178	901	20	32.951	4.292	28.659
Higher Education	484	222	255	7	28.520	13.184	15.336
Secondary Higher Education	609	158	433	18	32.294	7.867	24.427
TOTAL	2.192	558	1.589	45	93.765	25.343	68.422

(*) As of 11.10.2001
RESOURCE: Research, Planning and Coordination Board

1.3. ACCOMMODATION SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOANS AND DORMITORIES (YURT-KUR)

YURT-KUR is a public institution giving social services, working under the Ministry of National Education and, having corporate identity, is subject to provisions of private law.


OF PROVINCES	OF TOWNS	OF DORMS	BEDDING CAPACITY OF DORMS
			TOTAL	GIRLS	BOYS
74	56	190	182.628	98.968	83.660

RESOURCE: The Ministry of National Education Research, Planning and Coordination Committee
As of 01.10.2001

In the academic year 2001-2002;

190 dorms in 74 provinces and 56 towns accommodate 182.600 students, 98.900 of which are girls and 83.600 are boys.

Of the students being accommodated in the dorms of YURT-KUR, 54.2% are girls and 45.8% are boys.

All of the applicant students in this academic year have been placed in the dorms. A quota of 2.728 has been reserved for those coming from the Turkic Republics and other Turkish communities, and about 6000 students are staying in dorms. Also 304 students from the countries with which the Turkish Republic has a cultural agreement and 109 students under state protection are accommodated in the dorms free of charge.

In the dorms, food allowance for the students was 200.000 liras in 2000, and 250.000 liras in 2001, and for those under state protection this figure was 1.400.000 and 1.750.000 respectively and the meal prices were 25% lower than the market.

The monthly bedding price in the dorms is 12.000.000 TL, in the private dorms with a different pricing policy, this price ranges from 15.000.000 to 70.000.000 TL.

Monthly cost per student for YURT-KUR is 40.000.000 TL.

2. SCHOLARSHIPS AND CREDITS
2.1. SCHOLARSHIPS PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
Scholarship services are provided for students attending the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th classes of primary education institutions and students in general and vocational-technical secondary education institutions. The scholarship provided for students is calculated by multiplying the 400 scholarship indicators by the coefficient of officer salaries and paid quarterly. However, the Ministry of National Education is planning to increase the scholarship indicator from 400 to 600 and then to 800 and over.

Another goal of the Ministry of National Education for the students who enjoy a scholarship attending primary and secondary education is to enable the ones who complete their education while holding a scholarship or staying in dorms may take advantage of the same social aids in higher education with priority and unconditionally.

NUMBER EDUCATION IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2001-2002 OF SCHOLARSHIP HOLDING STUDENTS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION LEVEL	# OF SCHOLARSHIP HOLDING STUDENTS
EDUCATION LEVEL	TOTAL	BOYS	GIRLS
Primary Education	49.844	19.289	30.555
Secondary Education	54.543	20.949	33.594
General Secondary Education	45.400	17.821	27.579
Vocational and Technical Secondary Education	9.143	3.128	6.015
TOTAL	104.387	40.238	64.149

In the academic year 2001-2002;
Scholarship is provided for 104.300 primary and secondary education students: 40.200 girls and 64.100 boys

Of the scholarship holding students 39% are girls and 61% are boys.

Of the scholarship holding students 48% are in primary and 58% are in secondary education.

Scholarship services are distributed as follows: 25% teachers' children, 15% children under protection, 39% students who live in non-schooled areas, 30% other students.

Scholarship paid monthly to each student was 6.304.000 liras at the end of 2000 and it was increased to 9.420.000 liras in September 2001.

2.2. CREDITS PROVIDED BY YURT-KUR
The amount of monthly education credits provided for higher education students and the credit allocation quotas are increased every year and efforts are made to have more students benefit from the credits as far as the budget permits.

2.2.1. Education Credit
In the academic year 2001-2002, education credit is for 298.000 students, of which 296.600 are in pregraduate, 1.300 in graduate and 1.666 in doctorate programs.
99.5% of the students receiving credit from YURT-KUR are in pregraduate or undergraduate programs. The number of students having credit has increased 15% in pregraduate-undergraduate, 36.8% in graduate and 9.8% in doctorate students since last year.
As far as the budget permits, 172.750 students have been scheduled to receive education credit, of whom 170.000 are pregraduate, 2.000 are graduate and 750 are doctorate students.

2.2.2 Contribution Credit (for Tuition)
In the academic year 2000-2001:
- 278.495 students are receiving contribution credit
- Apart from the 278.485, 288.129 more students have applied for contribution credit. According to the available budget, 150.000 students have been scheduled to get credit, and thus, the number of students getting credit will have been increased to 428.495 and the percentage of beneficiary students will have become 54.

AMOUNT OF EDUCATION CREDITS OVER THE YEARS
ACADEMIC YEAR	ASSOCIATE DEGREE -UNDERGRADUATE	GRADUATE	DOCTORATE
1998-1999	10.000.000	20.000.000	30.000.000
1999-2000	15.000.000	30.000.000	45.000.000
2000-2001	25.000.000	50.000.000	75.000.000
2001-2002	30.000.000	60.000.000	90.000.000

RESOURCE: The Ministry of National Education Research, Planning and Coordination Committee
As of 01.10.2001

NUMBER OF STUDENTS RECEIVING EDUCATION AND CONTRIBUTION CREDIT
ACADEMIC YEAR	ASSOCIATE DEGREE -UNDERGRADUATE	GRADUATE	DOCTORATE
1998-1999	10.000.000	20.000.000	30.000.000
1999-2000	15.000.000	30.000.000	45.000.000
2000-2001	25.000.000	50.000.000	75.000.000
2001-2002	30.000.000	60.000.000	90.000.000

RESOURCE: The Ministry of National Education Research, Planning and Coordination Committee
As of 01.10.2001

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