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Following a cabinet meeting on Tuesday evening, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan revealed that the government is initiating the process of appointing 25,000 new teachers. Of these, 10,000 will be assigned to the newly established National Education Academy.
I would like to share with our youth the good news that we have started the process of appointing 25 thousand new teachers, 10 thousand of whom will be assigned to the National Education Academy.
Our Ministry of National Education will provide comprehensive information about the appointment calendar and other details in the coming period.
On this occasion, I would like to thank once again, on behalf of my country and my nation, our precious teachers to whom we entrust our children, the apples of our eyes, for their efforts and sacrifices.
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According to the Turkish Ministry of Education's 2023/2024 academic year data, Türkiye's formal education system currently serves a total of18,710,265 students and the number of teachers employed in formal education institutions stands at1,168,896.
Of these teachers:
In terms of gender distribution:
Here's how the teaching workforce is distributed across different education levels:
Türkiye currently has a total of75,467 schoolsoffering formal education
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