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School system

Elementary school 8 years students start when they are 6 years old high schools......3

Colleges....3

Master.....2

Doctorate.. 4

Government provides primarily and secondary education. College students pay part of the cost.

Literacy rate

Literacy rate is 85% in Turkey.

%92 for the males

%72 for the females

After UNICEF %25 percent of the girls are not sent to school by their parents. Literacy rate in USA is %99.

Years of schooling

Up to 1997 Turkey was one of the 12 countries where schooling was up to elementary school level. It was only five years. In 1997, the measures were taken to raise the level up to 8 years.

Level of Education

Elementary Education %82 USA %7 Secondary education %11 USA %47 Post Secondary Degree %6 USA %36 post secondary education

There are 77 Universities in Turkey.

3500 in USA 5000 in Japan

From the great number of students graduating from the high schools only %25 of them are accepted to Universities and %40 of the are graduates of that current year. Only %8 of the students gets post-secondary education while it is %20 in EU countries. %44 of students has Education expenditures Every year 1.3 million children reach school age. This number is more than the combined total of Germany, France and UK. Annual expenditure for children is 100 dollars. In USA, this number is 6593 dollars. Annual expenditures for higher education is 2000 $ in Turkey. This number goes up to 13.000 $ in USA.

 

 

 

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