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Thursday, 18 September 2008

Tevfikbey Primary School, Istanbul, TURKEY


Our school is located in Esenyurt, Istanbul. We have 1393 students and 34 teachers including the headmaster and two deputies of him. Our school building consists of 26 classes, a library, a computer lab, a science lab, a handcrafts room, a conference hall and the schoolyard. The students have 30 hours of lesson per week as 6 hours for each weekday. We have 3 steps as pre-school(age 6), 1st and 2nd steps of primary education (7-11). Primary education is compulsory whereas pre-school is voluntary. We have 8 grades. Up to 4th grade the pupils have one teacher for all subjects. At 4th and 5th grades, they have a teacher and also different teachers for english, computer and physical education. At 6th, 7th and 8th grades they have different teachers for each subject. Apart from lessons, the students take part in extra activities such as chess, theater, scout, folk dancing, etc. We will be working with 320 students and 10 teachers for this project. If you follow this link http://tevfikbeyioo.meb.k12.tr/ you can have more information about us.





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