Etudes par pays volume 2, PDF, 346 p., 1,4 Mo - Femise

11873_2002 Study D2: Poverty, Informal Sector, Health and Labour
In the 2001-2002 scholastic year, a total of 18.6 million students, composed
of 289 thousend preschool students, 10.5 million primary school students,
2.8 million secondary/middle-high school students, 1.7 million higher
education students and 3.2 million non-formal education students, were
educated in 60.057 formal and non-formal educational institutions.
Table : 4 – Composition of Education
Level of Education
FONDAZIONE CENSIS
Number of
Students
(‘000)
1995-1996 1999-2000 2000-2005 (1)
Rate of
Schoolarization
(%)
Number of
Students
(‘000)
Rate of
Schoolarization
(%)
Number of
Students
(‘000)
297
Rate of
Schoolarization
(%)
Pre-school education 199 7,7 252 9,8 690 25,0
Primary school 9.564 89,8 10.053 97,6 10.328 100,0
Secondary school 2.223 55,0 2.444 59,4 2.886 75,0
Collage 1.277 31,6 1.506 36,6 1.539 40,0
Technical school- 946 23,4 938 22,8 1.346 35,0
University and other
higher schools
1.226 23,8 1.492 27,8 2.002 37,3
(*) Graduate Students included.
(1) Projection
Source : State Planning Organization
Literacy rate gradually increasing. During the tumultouse years from mideighties
to mid-nienties educational institutionals were main targets of
terror. This had an negative impact on the rate of literacy. According the
General Census of 2000 literacy rate is %87.30 and continuing to decrease.
1.2. Economy and labor
Prior to 1980, Turkey followed an economic policy based on the
substitution of import. Instead of importing her goal was to manufacture
products in the country which would meet the domestic demand. Domestic