Implementation of the Activity 1.6.1 Organisation of Creative Educational Activities is starting with a view to strengthening students’ sense of belonging to school, improving the school climate as well as making school environments and educational life more attractive for students.

The activities have been prepared to help students become more ambitious in terms of concentrating more on learning as well as acquiring skills they need therefor by focusing on a creative target and will continue for 3 days.

The activities, which all the 9^th graders can attend and where students will have the opportunity to share the creative educational activities that they conducted in the ODAP classrooms such as visual arts, music, drama, handicrafts etc., will be held in a festival/fair concept. The events will also include sports competitions, drama performances and student concerts.

The activities, which will take place between April and May, aim to encourage groupwork and team building as well as socialising students through their interaction with their peers.

Creative educational activities will be implemented at schools based on the below calendar:

PILOT SCHOOL	PROVINCE	DISTRICT	DATE
Şuhut Şehit İbrahim Imış Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	AFYONKARAHİSAR	ŞUHUT	13-14-15 May 2024
Metin-Zülbiye Sarı Anatolian High School	AFYONKARAHİSAR	EMİRDAĞ	14-15-16 May 2024
Şehit Abdülkadir Kocatürk Anatolian High School	AFYONKARAHİSAR	BOLVADİN	13-14-15 May 2024
Necip Fazıl Kısakürek Religious Anatolian High School	AĞRI	CENTRE	7-8-9 May 2024
Diyadin Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	AĞRI	DİYADİN	8-9-10 May 2024
Yunus Emre Anatolian High School	AĞRI	DOĞUBAYAZIT	8-9-10 May 2024
Yılmaz Hatunoğlu Anatolian High School	AĞRI	CENTRE	7-8-9 May 2024
Bağlum Şehit Yakup Çapat Religious Anatolian High School	ANKARA	KEÇİÖREN	6-7-8 May 2024
Battalgazi Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	ANKARA	MAMAK	15-16-17 May 2024
Piri Reis Anatolian High School	ANKARA	ALTINDAĞ	24-25-26 May 2024
50. Yıl Şehit Uhud Kadir Işık Anatolian High School	ANKARA	ÇANKAYA	15-16-17 May 2024
Altıağaç Anatolian High School	ANKARA	MAMAK	15-16-17 April 2024
Akdere Anatolian High School	ANKARA	MAMAK	17-18-19 April 2024
Saray Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	BİNGÖL	CENTRE	17-18-19 April 2024
Atatürk Anatolian High School	BİNGÖL	CENTRE	17-18-19 April 2024
Borsa İstanbul Bingöl Anatolian High School	BİNGÖL	CENTRE	17-18-19 April 2024
Çankırı 15 Temmuz Şehitler Anatolian High School	ÇANKIRI	CENTRE	8-9-10 May 2024
Seyyid Abdullah Şemdini Religious Anatolian High School	HAKKÂRİ	ŞEMDİNLİ	13-14-15 May 2024
Muharrem Malazgirt Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	HAKKÂRİ	YÜKSEKOVA	15-16-17 May 2024
Cumhuriyet Anatolian High School	HAKKÂRİ	CENTRE	15-16-17 May 2024
15 Temmuz Şehitleri Anatolian High School	HAKKÂRİ	CENTRE	15-16-17 May 2024
Borsa İstanbul Anatolian High School	HAKKÂRİ	ŞEMDİNLİ	13-14-15 May 2024
Belen Religious Anatolian High School	HATAY	BELEN	15-16-17 May 2024
Dörtyol Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	HATAY	DÖRTYOL	15-16-17 May 2024
Abdullah Sayek Anatolian High School	HATAY	İSKENDERUN	15-16-17 May 2024
Yenibosna Religious Anatolian High School	İSTANBUL	BAHÇELİEVLER	16-17-18 April 2024
50. Yıl Cumhuriyet Feridun Tümer Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	İSTANBUL	KADIKÖY	15-16-17 April 2024
Tarabya Cevat Koçak Anatolian High School	İSTANBUL	SARIYER	15-16-17 April 2024
Sancaktepe Fatih Borsa İstanbul Anatolian High School	İSTANBUL	SANCAKTEPE	15-16-17 April 2024
Mehmet Rauf Anatolian High School	İSTANBUL	ATAŞEHİR	15-16-17 April 2024
Mehmet Şam Anatolian High School	İSTANBUL	SARIYER	15-16-17 April 2024
Derinkuyu Zeliha Ekmekci Religious Anatolian High School	NEVŞEHİR	DERİNKUYU	8-9-10 May 2024
Nevşehir Ahi Evran Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	NEVŞEHİR	CENTRE	8-9-10 May 2024
Damat İbrahim Paşa Anatolian High School	NEVŞEHİR	ACIGÖL	8-9-10 May 2024
Sakarya Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	SAKARYA	ADAPAZARI	14-15-16 May 2024
Şehit Üsteğmen İbrahim Abanoz Anatolian High School	SAKARYA	KARASU	15-16-17 May 2024
Karaköprü Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	ŞANLIURFA	KARAKÖPRÜ	6-7-8 May 2024
Halfeti Anatolian High School	ŞANLIURFA	HALFETİ	15-16-17 May 2024
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Anatolian High School	ŞANLIURFA	SİVEREK	8-9-10 May 2024
Mürşitpınar Anatolian High School	ŞANLIURFA	SURUÇ	8-9-10 May 2024
Buhara Anatolian High School	ŞANLIURFA	EYYÜBİYE	16-17-18 May 2024
Hilvan Anatolian High School	ŞANLIURFA	HİLVAN	20-21-22 May 2024
Yusuf Cezeri Religious Anatolian High School	ŞIRNAK	CİZRE	6-7-8 May 2024
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Anatolian High School	ŞIRNAK	CİZRE	6-7-8 May 2024
Yunus Emre Anatolian High School	ŞIRNAK	CİZRE	6-7-8 May 2024
Şehit Ulaş Türk Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	TEKİRDAĞ	ÇORLU	17-18-19 April 2024
Ergene Anatolian High School	TEKİRDAĞ	ERGENE	17-18-19 April 2024
Atatürk Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School	TRABZON	ORTAHİSAR	6-7-8 May 2024
Arsin Anatolian High School	TRABZON	ARSİN	6-7-8 May 2024
Trabzon Şehit Necmi Çakır Anatolian High School	TRABZON	OF	6-7-8 May 2024

University visits, which will be organised to raise students’ awareness about the importance of continuing education for a successful future and of university education in shaping one’s future, are starting.

9^th graders who participated in the catch-up classes, received mentoring services, or actively took part in the creative educational activities will attend the university visits.

University visits, which will be carried out with the participation of 35 people from each province, will take place in Ankara, İstanbul, İzmir, Trabzon and Gaziantep. The groups consisting of students, teachers/administrators from the pilot schools will include 30 students and 5 accompanying teachers and/or school administrators.

These visits aim to ensure that students gain awareness about university and campus life, determine their goals for being a university student, and set realistic criteria for the choices they will make.

At the end of the visits, students and teachers/school administrators will be asked to submit a short report summarising their observations and experiences. University visits will take place according to the following schedule:

Pilot Province	University to be Visited	Date
ÇANKIRI	Ankara Gazi University	18 April 2024
İSTANBUL (3 schools in  Anatolian side)	İstanbul University of Health Sciences (Former Marmara University)	18 April 2024
ŞIRNAK	İzmir Ege University (Bornova Campus)	25 April 2024
HAKKÂRİ	Ankara Middle East Technical University	25 April 2024
BİNGÖL	Trabzon Karadeniz Technical University	29 April 2024
AĞRI	Trabzon Karadeniz Technical University	29 April 2024
TEKİRDAĞ	İstanbul İstanbul Technical University (Ayazağa Campus)	29 April 2024
SAKARYA	İstanbul Marmara University Göztepe Campus	30 April 2024
TRABZON	Trabzon Karadeniz Technical University	30 April 2024
ŞANLIURFA	Gaziantep Gaziantep University	29 April 2024
HATAY	Gaziantep Gaziantep University	30 April 2024
ANKARA	Ankara Gazi University	2 May 2024
İSTANBUL (3 schools in European side)	İstanbul Boğaziçi University	2 May 2024
NEVŞEHİR	Ankara Ankara University	2 May 2024
AFYONKARAHİSAR	Ankara Ankara University	3 May 2024

The first one of the Workshops for the preparation of the National Strategy Paper, planned to be developed based on the lessons learned and feedback received during the piloting stage of ODAP took place in Ankara on 7-8 March 2024 with the participation of the Department Heads in the General Directorate of the Secondary Education of the Ministry of National Education (MoNE), relevant Ministry advisors, experts, and representatives therein, academicians from Ankara University, Hacettepe University, Başkent University, and Bahçeşehir University as well as the unit managers, school principals, vice principals from the pilot provinces of the project.

The opening speech of the programme was delivered by Ms. Figen SEKİN, the Operation Coordination Unit Coordinator and Head of Research, Development and Projects Department of the MoNE. Then, the Team Leader Ms. Cleofe GUARDIGLI provided information on the progresses made within the scope of the Project for the participants.

During the morning session of the first day of the programme, the participants were provided with the information on the national strategy paper (NSP) preparation process and project outputs, which will be the subject of the document. The focus of the groupwork, which was conducted in the afternoon, was the national reference documents, responsible institutions, and the set purposes which will be used while preparing the NSP.

The morning session held on the second day of the programme started with the groupwork and the participants were requested to share their opinions related to the actions that will support the achievement of the goals discussed on the first day of the workshop. In the afternoon session of the programme, the participants were provided with the information on the samples from the EU and other country strategies.

At the end of the programme, the participants made a general assessment of the workshop.

The 1^st Workshop for The Preparation of the National Strategy Paper was concluded with the presentation of the certificates to the participants and the family photo being taken.

Before starting the implementation of the mentoring services which were activities prepared within the scope of ODAP, an online Mentoring Information Workshop has been organised on 8^th February 2024 with the participation of the representatives of ODAP School Team in the 50 pilot schools and the psychological counselling and guidance teachers as well as all other teachers who will carry out the mentoring services at schools.

The information related to the scope of the mentoring activities, which will start in the second semester of the academic year in all the pilot schools, the implementation methodology, the way to fill out the evaluation forms and report has been provided to the workshop participants.

Mentoring activities will be carried out by the subject teachers under the supervision of the psychological counselling and guidance teachers at schools. In order to provide guidance before the implementation, Mentoring Services Teacher Guidelines and Booklet on Sample Activities were prepared and delivered to the schools within the scope of ODAP. The schools were informed that they could also download the documents on the website of ODAP.

It is planned that minimum 30 students will benefit from one-to-one mentoring services and minimum 70 students will benefit from group mentoring by the time of the end of the academic year.

Being one of the activities carried out within the scope of ODAP with a view to preventing early school leaving (ESL), Parent Information Meetings have been started to be implemented in the pilot provinces with the participation of the parents. The series of meetings, the first one of which was carried out in Şırnak in October, was later conducted in Ağrı, Ankara, Hakkâri, Sakarya, Şanlıurfa and Çankırı with the participation of the parents of the students studying in the pilot schools. The Information Meetings in the remaining pilot provinces will have been completed by mid-December.

Aiming to create awareness of ODAP Integrated Model among the parents and inform them of the importance of regular school attendance, Parent Information Meetings are conducted as a half-day meeting each including three separate sessions.

In the meetings where the difference the parental support makes on students’ engagement in school and its contribution to the improvement of students’ academic and social skills are presented, the parents are informed of the available education opportunities.

In the first session of the meetings, where the information related to the situation regarding ESL in Türkiye and the importance of putting in place an integrated approach that shall tackle ESL in secondary education are disseminated, the parents learn about the scope and purposes of ‘prevention,’ ‘intervention’ and ‘compensation’ model.

In the second session, working groups are created, then they work on the proposed solutions with a view to tackling early school leaving. In the last session, the outcomes from each working group are presented to all the participants.

The meetings, which were held at the weekend in order to facilitate the participation of the working parents, not only provide up-to-date information to the parents about the activities under ODAP but also allow for disseminating the message on the importance of education. Furthermore, these meetings serve as an important platform to measure the perceptions of the parents on education in general, learn their views on ODAP Integrated Model and Early Warning System, and develop cooperation opportunities.

Carried out to create awareness among the parents and inform students and parents of the importance of the school attendance, Parent Information Meetings were completed in Bingöl, Nevşehir, Trabzon, Afyonkarahisar, Hatay and Tekirdağ.

The series of meetings, the first one of which was carried out in Şırnak, was later conducted in Ağrı, Ankara, Hakkâri, Sakarya, Şanlıurfa and Çankırı in October.

Organised for the parents of the students in the pilot schools, Parent Information Meetings are held as half-day meetings consisting of three separate sessions.

In the meetings, which target creating awareness of the learning outcomes to be achieved thanks to ODAP Integrated Model as well as emphasizing the importance of parental support on the improvement of students’ academic and social skills, parents are provided information as to the available education opportunities.

Aiming to raise awareness about the prevention of early school leaving among the students’ parents and disseminate the messages on the importance of education, the series of Parent Information Meetings ended after the last meeting was carried out in İstanbul.

There was great interest in the meetings held with the participation of many parents in 14 pilot provinces. Contributing to strengthening cooperation among the school and parents, the meetings allowed the parents to have a direct interaction with the MoNE representatives as to the education system, provided supports etc.

The meetings are seen as one of the important activities under ODAP in terms of raising awareness among the parents in relation to the prevention of the early school leaving.

The seminar, which was organised to inform students and their parents of the reintegration of the school-leaving students back into the education system and to ensure that these students should come back to school, was carried out one last time, after the one in Trabzon, and completed finally in İstanbul.

Aiming at reintegrating the school-leaving students in pilot schools back into education, the seminars attracted great attention from the students and parents.

The first one of the seminar series organised under ODAP was carried out in Şırnak in October while the second was held in Ankara. The third of the seminars was conducted in Şanlıurfa with the participation of the students having left formal education and of their parents.

Being conducted to monitor and inform the pilot schools of the implementation process of ODAP Integrated Model, the school visits have been ongoing.

School Visit Teams, which are composed of 2 experts from the TAT, 2 staff members from the Ministry of National Education, and 2 staff members from the Provincial Directorates of National Education, completed the visits made to the pilot schools in Hakkâri, Sakarya, Şanlıurfa, Bingöl, Nevşehir and Trabzon.

The teams have been in the field in order to guide the implementation processes in the pilot schools and collect feedback about potential deficiencies.

Going into the field with the start of 2023-2024 academic year, the School Visit Teams completed the first round of the school visits. The final visits took place in Hatay, İstanbul, Ankara and Tekirdağ and the visit schedule included a 2-day programme.

Each of the 50 schools in 14 pilot provinces was visited by the School Visit Teams so that the schools could be guided in terms of the implementation of ODAP Integrated Model.

Having been carried out to detect potential problems in advance to ensure better functioning of the Model, the school visits will start again in the 2^nd semester of the academic year.