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Turkey education reforms: rule overhaul

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Turkey education reforms: deadline extension & payments rule overhaul

The Ministry of National Education continued to roll out its 2026 reform agenda drive in late July. After extending the high‑school placement (LGS) preference deadline for students to 27 July because a public holiday shortened the original ten‑business‑day window, teachers in and adjusting the exemption‑group transfer scheme asked that their own deadline, set for 24 July, be moved to the same date. Their request underscored concerns about unequal procedural treatment during the holiday‑affected period. The ministry also released announced payment details rates for two extra‑lesson schemes. Counselors handling LGS preferences will receive compensation schemes for 50 hours of work between 13‑27 counselors and teachers. On 28 July at 219 TL per hour, totaling a gross 10 950 TL, with payouts slated for early August. A separate scheme awards teachers who completed the June 2025‑2026 online professional training ministry published a net payment of 2 309.50 TL comprehensive school regulation for 15 hours the 2026‑2027 academic year. The decree expands safety powers, allowing schools to conduct documented searches of extra lessons classrooms, lockers and desks when needed. Attendance monitoring is tightened: parents receive SMS or mail alerts after tax five, ten or fifteen days of unexcused absences, and stamp deductions, students with disbursement twenty or more days lose eligibility for appreciation certificates. The rule also widens early‑education access by permitting children aged 36‑68 months to follow provincial payroll processing. These steps build enroll in "main‑class" sections where no official kindergarten exists, and authorises new sub‑sections when enough 36‑44‑month‑old children are present. Parent‑teacher and parent‑administration meetings must now be booked through a digital appointment system on each school's website, and student registration will be automated in July via the e‑Okul platform using national address data. From fifth grade onward report cards will feature a Development Report on social‑emotional progress, and unauthorised use of digital devices or political symbols is classified as a disciplinary offence. These measures build on earlier steps that expanded the Early Intervention Education Program, clarified transfer procedures, procedures and raised the extra‑lesson ceiling, reinforcing remuneration, underscoring the government’s government's ongoing push to modernise staffing, remuneration and early‑learning support in Turkey’s schools.

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  1. 2026-07-29 05:12 UTC Turkey education reforms: rule overhaul
  2. 2026-07-28 10:05 UTC Turkey education reforms: deadline extension & payments

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