In our Speaking about primary school Turkey and trying to make you know all the details related to this topic. We would like to convey to you the complete experience of a mother enrolling her children in the primary school Turkey, and what are the required documents. What are the challenges and difficulties she faced, in addition to providing some advice to overcome the challenges of the first stage of enrollment in primary school Turkey.
THE BEGINNING OF THE EXPERIMENT of applying for primary school Turkey:
First of all, the mother says “When we came to Turkey, we looked for options available for educating our children, as they are still in the primary stage, and we found that the option (primary school Turkey) is suitable for us, in terms of tuition costs and others.
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She continues “so we went to apply at the government primary school Turkey closest to our home, and it required:
- Children’s birth certificates are sealed by our country and notarized.
- Our passports and our children’s passports.
- Child residency, or proof that you submitted a residence permit. at that time we did not receive the residence permit yet, so the children were registered as guests).
- The lease contract and proof of housing, by that you have registered the names in after the housing lease contract and confirm the number of residents in it.
- Finally, certificates of previous years of study in your country,
The certificates were not verified nor sealed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, perhaps due to the nature of the stage, as it is the primary stage.
- As for my son, who enrolled in the first year of primary school Turkey, he did not require any certificates for pre-school admission.
POST-SCHOOL ADMISSION STAGE:
The mother says, “the school manager told us that we have to wait until we receive an official letter from the Education Directorate that will tell us that our children are accepted to be admitted as guests at the school until we receive the residency, and actually, we waited about a week”.
She then continues, “Then they asked us that your request was accepted, and your children can go to school. We went to the school and they determined to each student the class which would join to, and they told us where school uniforms are being sold, and it is usually in libraries near the school.
The mother then starts to explain, “The next day, my children went to school and received the textbooks immediately, although there was some shortage of some books, and their journey began with the study in the Turkish language.”
For each of the classes, there is a WhatsApp group to communicate with parents and share with them the homework and any important notes.
Difficulties faced in this stage
” Each stage in life has its challenges, the stage of trying to integrate into a new society whose language you do not understand needs patience and endurance until it reaches the target.” The mother explains, “Difficulties began to appear from the first day, as the children could not communicate with their teacher other than through the signs and some simple words that they learned before joining the school. However, the school used to organize special classes for foreign students to teach them the principles of the Turkish language. This has helped them a lot to quickly integrate with their colleagues.”
She then continues, “It took patience and a lot of effort at home until the children began to acquire the language well, This was done during the first year of their studies, as in the second year they started speaking with their classmates fluently as much as required for the children to play and integrate)
The Educational LEVEL in Primary School Turkey:
She states that her children’s academic or school level began to improve significantly in the second year of study in Turkey and that she has started to notice this improvement with great joy. She exclaims, “As, after a lot of effort during the first year of translation and language courses, we started to see the positive results; and how they can now rely on themselves to do most of the homework, although they still need some help and translation in the Turkish language curriculum in particular”
SOME important TIPS FOR the PARENTS
She then started to give some advice from the parents through her experience, and they are as follows:
- Take it easy and slowly and not rush the results in the improvement of the boys.
- If your children can take some private Turkish language lessons, this will help them improve faster and integrate into the school.
- Encourage your children to socialize and play with the children of the Turkish neighbors, so they can learn faster.
- When you pass the first stage, I advise you to look for centers that teach your native language as some children begins to forget their native language since they practice the Turkish language most of the time in their daily practices.
