Asian Journal of Contemporary Education - Vol. 6, No. 2 - Examining and Comparison of Education and Training Systems from Pre-School to High School in Turkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

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Research examines the structure of education and training from preschool to high school in Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and compares it with systems in the States of the Turkic World. Data were collected through document review, using literature sources, printed scientific and official materials, and information from relevant ministries’ official websites. Descriptive analysis was used to build themes across education levels and to define, quote, and interpret findings in the original form, concluding similarities and differences and offering suggestions for further development.

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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

Education and training as a dynamic system

Importance of analyzing system structure and problems

Relationship between development and education

Asian Journal of Contemporary Education ISSN(e): 2617-1252 DOI: 10. 55493/5052 . v6i2 .4548 Vol. 6, No. 2, 116-135. © 2022 AESS Publications. All Rights Reserved. EXAMINING AND COMPARISON OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEMS FROM PRE-SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL IN TURKIYE AND THE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTHERN CYPRUS, STATES OF THE TURKIC WORLD Burcu Akkaya 1 Sibel Acisli Celik2 Ismet Ergin3+ 1Republic of Turkey Ministry of National Education, Eskisehir, Turkey. Email: [akkaya.eyt@gmail.com](akkaya.eyt@gmail.com) Tel: 0-532-6518224 2Artvin Coruh University, Faculty of Education, Department of Science Education, Artvin, Turkey. Email: [sacisli@artvin.edu.tr](sacisli@artvin.edu.tr Tel:)[ Tel:](sacisli@artvin.edu.tr Tel:) 0-505-8541617 3 Turkish Armed Forces, Education Manager and Teacher Training School, Head of Instruction, Ankara, Turkey. Email: [ismet.ergin@gmail.com](ismet.ergin@gmail.com) Tel: 0-505-4747353 (+ Corresponding author) ABSTRACT Article History Received: 18 April 2022 Revised: 20 June 2022 Accepted: 5 July 2022 Published: 22 July 2022 Keywords Republic of Turkey Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Republic of Azerbaijan Republic of Uzbekistan Republic of Kazakhstan Republic of Kyrgyzstan Republic of Turkmenistan Turkish world states Education and training Comparison of education and training. The aim of the research is to examine the structure of education and training from preschool to high school in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, the States of the Turkic World, and to compare them with each other. In order to achieve this aim, it has been collected through document review from the literature related to each of these states, printed scientific and official sources, and data on the official websites of the ministries of the relevant states. While analyzing the data, descriptive analysis method was used. In the research, the themes of languages of education, preschool education, primary school education, secondary school education and high school education were created by considering the descriptive analysis method stages; The sources that can be accessed and evaluated within the scope of the research were examined within the scope of these themes. The data obtained were defined, supported by direct quotations, and interpreted by adhering to the original form of the data. Atthe end of the research, it was concluded that there are similarities and differences in the structure of the education and training systems of the Turkish States. Based on these results, at the end of the research, suggestions were presented for the continuation and further development of the common points and good practices in the education and training system of the Turkish States with an increasing contribution. Contribution/ Originality: On the basis of the contribution of this study to the literature, the important, contemporary and technological developments in the education and training systems of Türkiye, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the States of the Turkic World enable the appropriate ones to catch up with the systems of the developed countries, reach a higher level than them, and to interact with each other with the systems and studies that are significant to enable them to share and thus implement them in their own systems. 1. INTRODUCTION The rapid change of information creates new needs. In line with the expected needs, it becomes a necessity torestructure the education and training system, to bring the system up-to-date and to make changes in the system (Kosterelioglu & Bayar, 2014) . Education and training systems create an open and dynamic system that interacts very closely with its environment, and today it can be successful not as long as it can adapt to change, but as long as it creates change. In order to make this change and transformation, the structure and problems of the education and training system should be analyzed very well. Managers who

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What is the research aim regarding education and training systems?

To examine the structure of education and training from preschool to high school in Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and to compare them with the States of the Turkic World.

How were the research data collected and analyzed?

Through document review using literature, printed scientific and official sources, and data from ministries’ official websites; descriptive analysis was applied.

What conclusions and outputs were reported at the end of the research?

The study concluded that education and training systems in Turkish states show both similarities and differences, and it presented suggestions to continue and further develop shared points and good practices.

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