Examining Access to Education in Turkey According To Some Variables

Abstract

In this study, an assessment of access to education in Turkey is done by considering gender, region,
economic status, and literacy rates as variables. In the study, statistical data of gender, number of students in
different regions and illiterate population rate, provinces with the highest-lowest school enrollment rate, education
expenditure rate according to the family's income level are used. Data is obtained from Turkish Statistical Institute
[TUIK]. According to the results, while in different educational levels total girls’ and boys’ enrollment rates are
increasing day by day, enrollment rate is decreasing in the higher level of education. In all educational levels, the
district with the highest number of students per school is İstanbul. The number of students per school in Northeastern
Anatolia, Eastern Black Sea and in the Western Marmara regions is lower than the average of Turkey. In primary
school, Çankırı, Tokat and Gümüşhane are the cities with the lowest enrollment rate; Zonguldak, Artvin and Samsun
are the cities with the highest enrollment rate. It is assured that education expenditure in Turkey for the year 2012 is
more unequally distributed than education expenditure in 2011