The 24th meeting of Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST) chaired by the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was held on 7th August, 2012, with a huge participation of 2 Vice Prime Ministers, 11 Ministers and over 80 senior officials at Vali Galip Demirel, Vilayetler Evi, Gölbaşı, Ankara.
The main theme of the 24th meeting of SCST was "The role of education and human resources to reach national targets for the year 2023". The meeting started with the opening speech by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and continued with the presentation by Prof. Dr. Yücel Altunbaşak, President of TÜBİTAK.
The following nine new decrees were adopted relevant to this theme at the meeting which constitutes the most recent STI priorities in Turkey (Decrees can be previewed in Turkish):
- Conducting Educational Assessment Studies for Evaluating and Improving the Quality of Education System [2012/101]
- Developing Digital Contents for Primary and Secondary Education Curriculum and Making Them Accessible [2012/102]
- Promoting Development of Digital Course Contents for Higher Education and Making Them Accessible [2012/103]
- Revising Teaching Programmes and Designing Educational Contents To Enable Students Acquire Core Competencies More Efficiently [2012/104]
- Developing Alternative Models for Foreign Language Teaching in Primary and Secondary Education [2012/105]
- Restructuring Scholarship Programs for Graduate Students to Study Abroad [2012/106]
- Organization of Science Fairs for the Primary And Secondary School Students [2012/107]
- Restructuring the System of Admission to Higher Education [2012/108]
- Conducting Preparatory Work for the Participation of Turkey to Horizon 2020- Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020 [2012/109]
Further meeting documents are given below (in Turkish):
