The Regulation on Private Education Institutions has been changed. Private schools will now be able to increase wages at the rate of inflation.
Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin made statements to the Hürriyet newspaper about the agenda.
Stating that the upper limit of private education institutions will be determined by the average of the PPI and CPI rates, Tekin said, “While the registration fees for classes such as primary school 1, secondary school 1 and high school 1 are determined, the fee applied in the previous academic year for these classes will be taken as a basis. The tuition fee of students who continue to school from intermediate classes. The fee determined in the student registration agreement will also be taken into account when determining the student registration agreement.
“There will be no student selection with intelligence tests and similar applications”
Minister Tekin noted that with the change in the regulation, registration and transfer procedures in private schools were also regulated.
He said that in private schools, the practice of selecting students with intelligence tests and similar practices has been terminated.
“The practice of selecting students according to the results of schools’ intelligence tests and similar practices in registration and transfer processes, which is known as a pedagogically problematic area, will no longer be possible.”
“Private schools offered free education to earthquake victims”
Reminding that private schools offered free education to earthquake victims after the 6 February earthquakes, Tekin said, “We appreciate the efforts of all private school administrators and owners who have shown the necessary sensitivity in this difficult process.”