Modern education is one of the foundations for achieving the goals of Türkiye’s Centenary concept, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the placement ceremony for 45,000 teachers in the education system on May 8 in Istanbul, Report informs referring to Anadolu Agency.
He said that without the formation of a powerful foundation for development, Türkiye’s new successes are impossible. This also applies to the education sector, where truly historic transformations have been implemented in recent decades, he noted.
Erdogan reminded that the number of teachers in Türkiye’s education system has increased from 500,000 to 1.2 million since 2002.
“More than 75% of this number were employed during the years of the Justice and Development Party,” the president explained.
The Turkish leader said that half of the 45,000 teachers who will receive assignments on May 8 will work in the area of the February earthquakes that claimed the lives of tens of thousands of citizens of the country.
The president drew attention to the Turkish government’s efforts to restore the disaster area.
“After three months following the earthquakes, the rubbles have been completely removed. People who have lost their homes are placed in 837,000 tents and 100,000 modular houses. The construction process of 149,000 residential buildings has started, the foundations of 69,000 of which have already been laid,” said the head of state.
The politician assured that during the year the keys to 319,000 new houses would be issued, and in general, 650,000 residential buildings would be erected in the cities and villages of the disaster zone.
According to the president, the budget of Türkiye’s education system reaches $333.256 million.