{"id":281453,"date":"2026-01-14T08:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/?p=281453"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:19:11","slug":"public-education-is-being-undermined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/public-education-is-being-undermined\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Education is being eroded!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-281454\" src=\"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dmrkms.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dmrkms.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dmrkms-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dmrkms-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dmrkms-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dmrkms-1068x601.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>Public education means that education services are provided free of charge by the state without any charge so that all citizens enjoy the right to education.<\/p>\n<p>The right to education is not only one of the most fundamental human rights of every citizen, it is also the most important key to the exercise of other rights. Individuals who cannot exercise their right to education cannot fully benefit from other rights.<\/p>\n<p>In this sense, the attempt to undermine public education is not new; it has its roots in the 1980s, when the neoliberal system entered Turkey. From the past to the present, governments have tended to cover a portion of education expenditures from citizens.<\/p>\n<p>In this sense, although education services in Turkey are mainly financed by the public administration, the contribution of households to education expenditures is also increasing. Monitoring the household share in education is important in terms of the principles of equity, justice and inclusiveness.<\/p>\n<p>The expenditures made by households in order to benefit from education services are characterized as the private cost of education. The private cost of education to households consists of direct, indirect and foregone costs.<\/p>\n<p>Direct costs include household expenditures on a child's school fees, books, stationery, uniforms, school bags and transportation.<\/p>\n<p>Indirect monetary costs include expenditures on nutrition, shelter and clothing.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of giving up is the cost of giving up earning income by attending an educational institution instead of working in a job where the individual can earn income by engaging in an economic activity. In this case, the foregone cost of attending an educational institution is the income that could be earned by working in a job.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, the cost of education to households is equal to the sum of direct, indirect and foregone costs.<\/p>\n<p>E\u011fitim masraflar\u0131n\u0131n nitelikli e\u011fitime eri\u015fimin \u00f6n\u00fcndeki engellerden biri oldu\u011fu d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcn\u00fcld\u00fc\u011f\u00fcnde hane halk\u0131n\u0131n gelir durumu ve e\u011fitime ay\u0131rabildi\u011fi kaynaklar nitelikli e\u011fitimi ve e\u011fitim hakk\u0131n\u0131 da etkiliyor. En g\u00fcncel harcama verilerinin bulundu\u011fu 2021\u2019de ulusal e\u011fitim harcamalar\u0131n\u0131n %21,0\u2019i hanehalklar\u0131 taraf\u0131ndan yap\u0131ld\u0131 ve hanehalk\u0131 e\u011fitim harcamalar\u0131 \u00f6nceki y\u0131la g\u00f6re reel olarak %15,7 artt\u0131. 2020\u2019nin salg\u0131n ko\u015fullar\u0131 alt\u0131nda ge\u00e7mesi nedeniyle 2019\u2019a g\u00f6re hanehalk\u0131 e\u011fitim harcamalar\u0131 reel olarak azalm\u0131\u015ft\u0131. 2021-22 e\u011fitim-\u00f6\u011fretim y\u0131l\u0131nda okullar\u0131n t\u00fcm y\u0131l boyunca y\u00fcz y\u00fcze e\u011fitime devam edebilmesi etkisini hanehalk\u0131 harcamalar\u0131nda da g\u00f6sterdi.<\/p>\n<p>Hanehalk\u0131 e\u011fitim harcamalar\u0131, \u00f6\u011fretim kademelerine g\u00f6re de farkl\u0131l\u0131k g\u00f6steriyor. \u00d6zellikle \u00f6\u011frencilerin merkezi s\u0131nava haz\u0131rland\u0131\u011f\u0131 kademeler olan ortaokul (%24,8) ve orta\u00f6\u011fretimde (%26,9) hanehalk\u0131 e\u011fitim harcamalar\u0131 en y\u00fcksektir. Salg\u0131n d\u00f6neminde %8,5\u2019e kadar gerileyen okul\u00f6ncesi e\u011fitimdeki hanehalk\u0131 harcamalar\u0131n\u0131n pay\u0131 ise yeniden y\u00fckseli\u015fe ge\u00e7ti.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that it is still lower than before the pandemic can be explained by MoNE's efforts to increase enrollment in preschool education and the public resources allocated to these efforts.<br \/>\nThe restoration of public education depends on all citizens exercising their right to education without any restrictions. In this sense, it is the civic duty of every individual to be sensitive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Education Monitoring Report-2023 ERG<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Factors Affecting Household Education Expenditures: A Theoretical Study. H\u00fcseyin Yolcu.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although education services in Turkey are mainly financed by the public administration, the contribution of households to education expenditures is also increasing.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":281454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[286],"tags":[289],"class_list":{"0":"post-281453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-yazarlar","8":"tag-manset"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281455,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281453\/revisions\/281455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/halkweb.com.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}