Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34765 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3471
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper first describes the educational system in Turkey an the two national examinations for advancing upper levels of schooling which give raise to the demand for private tutoring called dersane in Turkish. Second, the evolution of the Private tutoring Centers (PTC) are described and compared with the high schools in the country. Third, geographical distribution of the PTC, general high schools and the proportion of high school age population are compared over the provinces to give an idea about special equity issues. Other topics addressed include gender and PTC students, disruption of mainstream education, determinants of the demand for services of the PTCs, cost of PTCs and evidence on the effectiveness of PTCs.
Subjects: 
Private tutoring
education
demand for education
JEL: 
I20
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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