Minister Selçuk: 'There was no increase in the course of the epidemic due to schools'

Turkey holds the rotating presidency of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Meeting of Ministers of Education held in scope, Education Minister Ziya Selcuk was conducted online in the presidency. 13

National Education Minister Ziya Selcuk, Turkey's educational model of shared Kovid-19 process with their counterparts from Southeast European countries at the meeting.

Turkey's hosted "new normal process of training new Normali" were held in 13 countries and was attended by Ministers of Education Ministry representatives. At the meeting, the Ministers shared their experiences regarding education in their countries during the epidemic.

Underlining that the whole world is going through a unique process in the opening speech of the meeting, Minister Selçuk said, “Learning together and from each other, sharing the work done and planned to be done during this period is a valuable contribution that we can make not only to our countries but also to humanity and our future. said.

Selcuk, after the outbreak in Turkey has shared what has been done in the field of education.

"We had set out our goal of digitalization before the epidemic in the 2023 Education Vision"

Explaining that in the post-epidemic period, three basic tools were used in education, TRT EBA Television channels, Education Information Network Internet Platform, and printed educational materials, Minister Selçuk said: we had already revealed. We strengthened the content and infrastructure of the online training platform Education Information Network (EBA), which has been available since 2023, and increased its user capacities. This platform allowed us to take a comfortable step when the epidemic occurred. "

Stating that they act within the framework of the principle of “justice of opportunity in education” with an effort to establish a system where no student will be left behind, Selçuk pointed out that three television channels, TRT EBA Primary School, TRT EBA Secondary School, TRT EBA High School, were established within 10 days.

Reminding that there are separate contents for special education students, immigrant students and vocational high school students in the publications, Selçuk also shared data on the digital education platform EBA.

"One of the most visited educational sites in the world"

Counterpart to, EBA today that the information that came at the beginning of the most visited educational site in the world Selcuk, for students without computer and internet access, told Turkey across 13 thousand 540 EBA support point created. Selçuk said, "We provided access to education by our EBA Mobile Support tools to the residential areas of the few students who could not reach these." said.

Minister Selçuk stated that 500 thousand tablet computers were distributed to students in need.

Emphasizing that most of the students started face-to-face education by establishing hygiene standards, Selçuk said, "As a result of the preparations we made with the precautions we took, there was no increase in the course of the epidemic due to the schools." he spoke.

Stating that if the learning losses are not eliminated today, there will be a greater risk in the future, Selçuk said that in this period, children's social and emotional skills are monitored as well as their academic skills and studies are carried out to improve these skills. Ziya Selçuk said, "We have full belief that we will overcome everything with education." finished with the words.