Private Tutoring and the Question of Equitable Opportunities in Turkey

Aysıt Tansel ()

No 6626, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper focuses on the implications of private tutoring in Turkey for questions of equity regarding the provision of public education, based on an analysis of previously published research. The nature of the private tutoring and its relation to the two national selection examinations in Turkey are also discussed.

Keywords: Turkey; national selection examinations; educational equity; private tutoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I24 I25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2012-06
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Published - substantially revised version published as 'Private Tutoring and Equitable Opportunities in Turkey: Challenges and Policy Implications' in: Mark Bray and André E. Mazawi (eds.), Private Tutoring Across the Mediterranean - Power Dynamics and Implications for Learning and Equity, Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, 2013, Chapter 11, 177-186

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