30.09.2020 Ankara
Minister of National Education Ziya Selcuk was a guest at the Meeting of the Turkish Education Council, organized via webinar and attended by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu.
At the meeting, TOBB President M. Rifat
Hisarcıklıoğlu pointed out that the education sector is one of the sectors most
affected by coronavirus, and explained that there are many problems, especially
in private educational institutions. “We all know that education is a very
large and special community which determines our future, so we need to keep our
sector afloat in this process. As one of us, we know very well our Minister's
interest and sensitivity in all these matters. Finally, again, with the
initiatives of our Minister of Ziya Selçuk, the reduction of VAT in the
education sector to 1%, which we have demanded for many years, has provided an
important morale boost for our education sector. We urge this discount to be
made continuous.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu noted that the opening of
schools with gradual and rarefied processes as of September 21st is
a pleasing development for the sector and citizens, and thanked the Minister of
National Education Selçuk, who has consistently supported the education sector.
- Minister Selçuk
Minister of National Education Ziya Selcuk
said in his speech that they are striving for permanent solutions to the VAT
problem. Selçuk said that they listen to voices from the sector about opening
schools, “Our goal is to open schools. But it would be very unfair to say that
the Ministry of Education prevents schools from opening. In this regard, we
need to know that the Science Council, the Ministry of Health and many
components are being looked at and a joint decision has been made.”
Minister Selcuk, who noted that both the
demands related to the epidemic and the demands expressed for decades have
reached him, said that they are following-up decisions such as opening schools.