The second meeting of Regional Awareness Days, organised to discuss the measures taken to combat early school leaving and to receive the support of stakeholders, was held in Şanlıurfa.
Education authorities, NGOs and opinion leaders gather together at the meeting, including representatives from the Provincial Directorates of MoNE, administrators and teachers of pilot schools, mukhtars and NGO representatives from the pilot provinces of Hakkari and Hatay as well as the neighboring provinces of Gaziantep, Diyarbakır and Mardin.
In the first session of the meeting, the participants were informed about the current status of early school leaving (ESL) in Türkiye, the measures in place within the scope of ODAP and EU policies and practices on early school leaving. The participants were also introduced ODAP Integrated Model and Early Warning System (EUS), which offer an integrated approach to combat ESL in secondary education.
In the afternoon session of the meeting, group workshops were carried out so that the participants could contribute to prevent early school leaving.