17.07.2020 Ankara
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President and TOBB ETU Board of Trustees Chairman M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, said that after LGS 2020, students and their families have reached an important stage, and at this point they want to remind them of a very important option supported by the chamber and commodity exchange community. Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Your diploma will be your profession,” and invited young people to choose from the 103 schools in 81 provinces within the scope of the program they started as Ministry of National Education (MEB), TOBB and TOBB University of Economics and Technology (ETU).
TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “LGS
2020 results have been announced. It is time for our students who have
undergone a challenging exam preparation period with the influence of the
pandemic to make their choices. I believe that at the end of their choices,
they will settle in our schools, which will prepare our students for the
future. At this point, I call on our young people to choose from the 103
schools in 81 provinces within the scope of the program we started as MEB, TOBB
and TOBB ETU. By choosing these schools, our young people will also be entering
through gates where we will train them to be experts. The youth who choose
these schools will have a diploma and a profession.”
- We are not training intermediate workers, we are educating
sought-after personnel
Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that they have
initiated a major change and transformation in vocational high schools as MEB,
TOBB and TOBB ETU, and said that with the Vocational Education Cooperation
Protocol signed on February 26, 2019, they have moved to a “new and dynamic”
vocational training model in accordance with the qualifications of the age to
train the qualified workforce needed by the private sector.
Hisarcıklıoğlu mentioned that they started
their work with 81 vocational high schools in 81 provinces within the scope of
the protocol, “Currently, 103 project schools in 81 provinces are a part of the
Vocational Education Cooperation Protocol. Behind our schools, there is the
support of MEB, TOBB and TOBB ETU, and the support of our Chambers and
Exchanges in provinces and districts. The youth who choose our schools will not
be 'intermediate workers', they will be ‘sough-after staff' when they graduate.
The youth who graduate from these schools will have a diploma, a profession.”
- Scholarship opportunities for successful students
Hisarcıklıoğlu explained that they
integrate the real sector with vocational education, but also said that they
aim to educate young people who will produce more inventions and more patents
in the field of high technology, which will be the entrepreneurs of the future.
Hisarcıklıoğlu, “In 103 schools in 81 provinces; we are building new workshops
and laboratories, renovating existing ones. We are launching R&D and Design
Skills Workshops that will be an example to all of Turkey. With the support of
TOBB ETU, we provide scholarships to our successful students with the support
of our Chambers and Exchanges while preparing the best educational content and
internship system for our young people. As the president of the Turkish
business world, I invite our young people to choose from among our 103 schools
in 81 provinces and to become experts.”