Private Supplementary Tutoring in Turkey: Recent Evidence on Its Various Aspects

Aysit Tansel () and Fatma Bircan ()
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Fatma Bircan: Middle East Technical University

No 3471, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: This paper first describes the educational system in Turkey an the two national examinations for advancing upper levels of schooling which give raise to the demand for private tutoring called “dersane” in Turkish. Second, the evolution of the Private tutoring Centers (PTC) are described and compared with the high schools in the country. Third, geographical distribution of the PTC, general high schools and the proportion of high school age population are compared over the provinces to give an idea about special equity issues. Other topics addressed include gender and PTC students, disruption of mainstream education, determinants of the demand for services of the PTCs, cost of PTCs and evidence on the effectiveness of PTCs.

Keywords: private tutoring; education; demand for education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 I21 I22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: Written 2008-04
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