"EU aids Turkey in education reform
www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-26 01:32:45
ANKARA, Jan. 25 (Xinhuanet) -- The European Union (EU) will providesome 200 million euros to adapt Turkish education system to EU standard, Turkish private NTV reported on Tuesday.
Experts from Germany, Britain and Finland have been requested tomake advice to overhaul the Turkish education system.
One of the areas that EU experts criticised in the Turkish education system was the classical curriculum.
According to a report by the international experts, changes willalso have to be made in the way that Turkish teachers are trained.
The EU is also planning to build 1,000 classrooms, lodgings for teachers and public education centres in east and southeast provinces in Turkey, the report said.
Turkey will start accession talks with the EU on Oct. 3 this year. Enditem "
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