The new curriculum of the Turkish Century is ready

The new curriculum draft is being put on hold today to be shared with the public. Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin, who made a statement about the new curriculum named “Turkey Century Education Model”, stated that as the Ministry, they take into account the expectations or tendencies of children.
WORKS STARTED IN 2013
Tekin said, “If we stay behind them, the curriculum and education will have no meaning. We should be able to draw horizons for our children and develop their imaginations about the future. Curriculums should be revised within certain calendars. Curriculum studies started many years ago, and the 2017 curriculum change was the first step of this. Therefore, 2013 Tekin said, “There is a very comprehensive work schedule that starts from 1900 onwards and brings us to the texts we have reached today.” He added that during this process, very long exchanges of views, analyzes were made based on public reflections, and meetings were held. Tekin said, “We held meetings with more than 1000 teachers and academicians, 260 academicians and over 700 of our teacher friends constantly attended these meetings. The new curriculum will be implemented gradually starting from the next academic year. The program we have prepared will be implemented in the first grade of each level. 4 “We will start to implement our new program as of next September in the grade levels of pre-school, primary school first grade, secondary school fifth grade and high school ninth grade,” he said. Touching on the innovations in literacy in the curriculum, Minister Tekin said, “We have identified 9 types of literacy, including information literacy, digital literacy, financial literacy, visual literacy, cultural literacy, citizenship literacy, data literacy, sustainability literacy and art literacy.”

“THERE WAS A DILUTION PROCESS”
Stating that they want children to be able to dream in order to transform the next century into the ‘Turkey Century’, Minister Tekin said, “Our curriculum therefore fits into these two axes. The name of the new curriculum has been defined as the ‘Turkey Century Education Model’ for these reasons. Everything that is taught in the world is included in this curriculum. Our curriculum, “We also subjected our programs to a serious dilution process,” he said.
THERE WILL BE NO REPEAT
Tekin said, “There is no point in removing repeated information and repeating the same subjects 3-4 times or more within 12 years of compulsory education. Secondly, there is no point in sharing information with our children that they may have difficulty in obtaining beyond their academic competencies or academic positions. This also becomes unnecessary.” “Considering all this, we have entered a 35 percent dilution in the curriculum,” he said. Stating that there will be no decrease in weekly lesson hours with the new curriculum, Tekin said, “For now, we are only focused on revising our programs in a way that can turn the acquired knowledge into skills rather than acquiring knowledge.” When asked how teachers will implement the new program, Minister Tekin said, “Our Directorate of Teacher Training and Development, relevant education and training departments, and the Board of Education and Discipline are creating a calendar for our teacher friends to undergo the in-service training process, starting from the moment we complete the final approval process of the programs. “As soon as the programs are approved, the calendar will be implemented and from now until September, we will have started a very serious in-service training process for our teacher friends regarding the logic, philosophy and implementation of the new program,” he said.