1. TEKIRDAĞ İL MİLLİ EĞİTİM
MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ
TEKIRDAĞ PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATE
OF NATIONAL EDUCATION

2.  TEKIRDAG MEM (Tekirdag Provincial
Directorate of National Education) is affiliated to
Ministry of National Education of Turkish
Republic. Established in 1923, TEKIRDAG MEM
provides general education for the pupils and
adults in Tekirdag. In addition to all
comprehensive schools in formal education (the
Pre-school education, primary education, and
secondary education) Education Department’s
operations cover all non-formal education
(regular upper secondary schools, vocational
institutions, apprenticeship training and young
people’s workshop activities).

3.  TEKIRDAG MEM promotes a high quality
education service for 150,656 pupils in over 451
pre-school centres, primary and secondary
schools and special schools and units and
vocational institutions. The Directorate is
responsible for administering educational policy
on pre-school and school education, children,
young people and adults. The operations are in
line with the national educational policy
developed by the Ministry of National Education
of Turkish Republic which is consistent with the
European Union policy in the education and
training domains.

4.  There are 9 Public Education centers in the province
which are coordinated and operated by TEKIRDAG
MEM.The public centers organize many courses for
adults, the migrants, minority communities including
Roma such as literacy courses ,vocational and technical
course(ICT, handcrafts, beauty and hair care services,
painting, property consultancy , etc.), Cultural
courses(folk dances, Foreign Language mainly in English,
chess, drama and theatre etc). The Directorate itself
organizes in-service training programs for teachers to
promote their skills in teaching different subjects such as,
Turkish, ICT, foreign languages, etc. Our directorate
organizes these courses for adults in Public Education
centers and cooperates with the other institutions to
promote their skills.

5. FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF EU PROGRAMMES
Programme or initiative Reference number Organisation Title of the Project Grant amount requested /
received
LDV Mobility EX1-351 Applicant Organisation Education From Cradle to
the Grave
10.000 Euro
LDV Partnership 2009-1-BG1-
LEO04-01592 14
Partner Organisation Creating a CBL/CBT
framework for practical use
within training
organisations
24.000 euro
Comenius Regio 2009-1-TR1-
COM13-05290-1
Applicant Organisation Isolated Schools are
Ladders Reaching
Nowhere
19.800 Euro
Grundtvig Partnership 2011-1-DK1-GRU06-
03529 4
Partner Organisation Tools for empowering
through language!
16.500 Euro
Ldv Network Projects 527183-LLP-1-2012-1-
DE-LEONARDO-LNW
Partner Organisation European Regions
Enhancing
Internationalisation in
Vocational Education and
Training
19.890,54 Euro