Leverage on Turkey’s Educational Policy, Experts Tell African Students
Students in Nigeria and other African countries have been urged to take advantage of a window of opportunity opened by the Turkish government to provide standard and affordable education for international students.
Speaking to journalists in Lagos recently, the International Students Coordinator for Karabuk University in Turkey, Associate Prof. Tanis Kerim disclosed that the entrance exam for a 90 per cent tuition scholarship into Karabuk University is currently on-going at different centres in African states including Nigeria.
Calling on students seeking admission into tertiary institutions to consider the opportunity, Kerim said it would grant them standard education, as well as broaden their view about life.
“Education is the key to the development of a country especially when it is standard,” he said.
Speaking on security, he said Turkey is free of insecurity, adding that is not also faced with religious challenges.
“You don’t have to worry about safety, Turkey is peaceful and we have different religions, including Christians and Muslims co-existing. We are rated number one in Turkey for the highest number of international students from eighty countries.”
He also assured students of the university’s readiness to tackle the problem of language barrier.
According to Kerim, one year training would be organised for all international students to enable them understand and speak Turkish. “This will remove language barriers, help them settle comfortably in the country.”
Also speaking, the Chief Executive Officer of Goodmus Learning Centre, Adekunle Badmus said the on-going entrance exam would help candidates discover their field of study so they don’t end up doing courses they can’t cope with.
Stating that though the entrance exams have held in some centres in Nigeria especially Lagos, Oyo, Benin and Abuja, Badmus said the exam for Ghana candidates will hold in Accra and Kumasi, respectively. He hinted that the Turkish scholarship window available for foreign students is an opportunity for candidates who were disappointed in the recent UTME can tap into.
Calling on students in Nigeria and other African countries to leverage on the Turkish scholarship scheme for foreign students, the General Manager, Goodmus Learning Centre, Bankole Akinfolarin noted that “not many Nigerians are taking advantage of this great opportunity.”