2nd Workshop for Preparation of ODAP National Strategy Paper held in Ankara

2nd Workshop for the preparation of ODAP National Strategy Paper was held in Ankara to share the draft version of the National Strategy Paper prepared under the project with the participants and to receive their feedback.

The workshop, which brought together the relevant parties for the finalisation of the National Strategy Paper on preventing early school leaving and combating absenteeism, continued for two days.

The first day of the workshop, which was attended by stakeholders from the Ministry of National Education, teachers, academics, representatives of relevant institutions and non-governmental organisations, started with the speech by Ms. Gülsüm Memişkaptanoğlu, Head of the Department of Educational Environments, Learning Processes, Special Programmes and Project Implementing Educational Institutions, Directorate General of Secondary Education.

Afterward, each section of the draft version of National Strategy Paper was presented to the participants for their feedback and comments.

On the second day of the workshop, group works took place. Participants worked on the draft Paper in groups and finalized the document by reflecting the feedback received on the first day. At the end of the day, each group presented the results of their work.

National Strategy Paper includes targets and strategies for implementing interventions to prevent early school leaving in secondary education, increasing the capacities of secondary education institutions and raising public awareness on the consequences of early school leaving in secondary education.