site.btaSummer School Holiday Starts for Around 20 Million Students in Turkiye

The 2024-2025 school year officially ended on Friday for primary and secondary education institutions across Turkiye, marking the beginning of a three-month summer holiday for nearly 20 million students and over 1.2 million teachers within the Ministry of National Education system. 

On June 22 the national university entrance exam for secondary school graduates will take place, with approximately 2.5 million candidates expected to sit the exam.

In the 2024-2025 school year the Turkish Ministry of Education introduced new curricula as part of the Century of Turkiye model aiming to strengthen vocational and technical education. Vocational high schools were opened as part of the Vocational and Technical Anatolian High Schools system.

For the upcoming school year, the Ministry plans to integrate artificial intelligence into the education system to support student learning and to hire 15,000 contract-based teachers.

The school year also concluded for students at the two Bulgarian Sunday schools in Turkiye. The school at the Bulgarian Consulate General in Istanbul was celebrating its 10th anniversary and handed out certificates to around 50 students, and the school at the Bulgarian Consulate General in Edirne also gave graduate certificates during a special ceremony.