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Turkey education reforms: placements, transfers, and exams

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Turkey education reforms: placements, transfers, ~~pay~~ and exams

The Ministry of National Education (MEB) is advancing its 2026–27 reform agenda through enhanced digital oversight, personnel management, and updated school regulations. A new School Management Regulation (No. 33323) has introduced rules regarding school security, attendance monitoring, and digital use, including a continued ban on mobile phone use in classrooms. Personnel management is being strengthened via the MEBBİS infrastructure, and the ‘E-Yolluk’ digital application has been launched for relocation allowances. Regarding teacher placement, the Ministry has initiated relocation processes for those identified as surplus to their assigned norms. ~~The appointment schedule for teachers with excess personnel status (norm fazlası) is set for September 4–7, 2026. To accommodate these appointments,~~ Following the ~~transition of contract teachers~~ initial transfer period in May 2026, educators have used social media to ~~permanent positions has been postponed until after September 8, 2026. For career advancement, the 2026/3 Career Advancement Guide specifies that applications~~ advocate for ~~specialist and headteacher titles will be accepted via MEBBİS from September 1–9, 2026, with~~ a second ~~window from November 2–6, 2026. Professional development for teachers is being conducted in two phases. The first phase consists~~ round of ~~online training via~~ inter-city voluntary transfers, citing a 2025 precedent. Meanwhile, the ~~Teacher Information Network (ÖBA)~~ ‘Turkey Century Maarif Model’ is being rolled out across preschool, primary, middle, and ~~EBA systems, running from September 1 through September 6, 2026. The second phase involves in-person sessions at respective schools~~ high school levels, shifting from ~~September 7~~ rote learning to ~~September 11, 2026, focusing on field planning, school board meetings,~~ a skill- and ~~curriculum strategies regarding~~ value-based system that incorporates themes such as climate change, astronomy, and space sciences. For the ~~‘Turkey Century Education Model’. New~~ 2026-2027 academic ~~year updates include~~ year, the ~~release of free private school placement~~ MEB has released subject and question distribution tables for common written exams in primary and secondary education to ensure transparency and uniformity. Additionally, results for ~~priority students, such as children of martyrs~~ paid teaching assignments are being released incrementally by provincial and ~~veterans; approximately 99.8% of these applicants~~ district directorates based on local branch and hourly needs. Career advancement applications for specialist and headteacher titles were ~~placed, with a registration deadline of~~ scheduled for September ~~7. For first-grade students, a centralized lottery system~~ 2026 via ~~e-Okul will determine class sections~~ MEBBİS, while professional development included online training via ÖBA and ~~teachers before the September 7 orientation week. Additionally, the MEB is introducing the ‘Family School Path Program’ to strengthen family-school cooperation.~~ EBA, followed by in-person sessions in early September.

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