MINISTRY OF EDUCATION REGULATION
EQUIVALENCY – REPUBLIC OF TÜRKIYE MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
Over the past 15 years, there has been a significant increase in the number of Turkish high school students seeking to spend a year of their education abroad. However, due to limited quotas, the selection of Turkish students is conducted within strict parameters.
In recent years, the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of National Education (MEB) has carried out various initiatives related to student exchange programs. As a result of these efforts—led in part by our Türkiye General Director, Mr. Volkan Cerrahoğlu—the program was officially recognized through the amendment of the Secondary Education Institutions Regulation on September 7, 2013. Accordingly, the academic rights of students who spend a year abroad are now officially guaranteed by the Turkish education system.
Moreover, a special section has been added to the national e-Okul (student information system) to reflect the year spent abroad. Our institution provides full support in equivalency procedures with parental consent. Students participating in the exchange program are assured full academic recognition for their year abroad.
A key responsibility of our academic advisors is to ensure that students are guided to select courses abroad that align with Türkiye’s curriculum and equivalency requirements.
ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER OF STUDENTS IN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
Article 28 – Secondary Education Regulation
Within the framework of intercultural student exchange programs, students who officially document their intent to study abroad for no more than one academic year will have their enrollment preserved at their current school in Türkiye. Their absence will not be treated as a vacant quota, and no other student may be admitted in their place.
Educational documents obtained abroad will be evaluated in accordance with the Equivalency Regulation of the Ministry of National Education, published in the Official Gazette No. 25393, dated March 5, 2004. Based on the issued equivalency certificate, the school principal is authorized to award the student a secondary school diploma.
