Erdoğan says Türkiye has taken 'historic' steps in education
"Over the last 20 years, we have been taking historic steps to expand education, increase the quality of education and ensure equal opportunities," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed in his speech during the Transforming Education Summit at the UN headquarters in New York on Monday.
- World
- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 07:49 | 19 September 2022
- Modified Date: 07:57 | 19 September 2022
Türkiye has taken "historic" steps in education over the last 20 years, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday.
"Over the last 20 years, we have been taking historic steps to expand education, increase the quality of education and ensure equal opportunities," Erdogan said at the Transforming Education Summit at the UN headquarters in New York.
Erdoğan said the ideal of a strong society and a strong country can only be achieved by making good use of human capital and passing through a qualified education process.
Türkiye offers completely free-of-charge education to children from kindergarten to university, he added.
The president stressed that Türkiye, with its scholarship program, offers free education in the country to thousands of students at different levels every year.
"We do not keep the children of more than 4 million refugees we host in our country separate from our own children, and we make every effort for their education," he added.
- Biden's remarks on Taiwan 'speak for themselves': White House
- Russian private military company Wagner trying to recruit over 1,500 felons for Ukraine war
- Several children killed in army airstrike on school in Myanmar
- Antony Blinken presses for extension of Yemen truce
- Magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes off La Placita de Morelos, Mexico -USGS