Erdoğan Emphasizes Education: 'We Must Find Our Own Voice, Not Import Ideas'

Education Family came together in Beştepe
The Education Family Iftar Program was held at the Presidential Complex Beştepe Millet Exhibition Hall. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also attended the program and made important statements regarding the field of education.
 
'We have made a silent revolution in education'
In his speech, Erdoğan drew attention to the reforms made in the field of education in the last 23 years. Referring to the increase in the number of teachers per student, the increase in the number of classrooms and the investments made in the information infrastructure, Erdoğan said, “We have made the silent revolution in the field of education that we have made in many areas in the last 23 years.”
 
Commemoration of martyred teachers
Commemorating martyred teachers Şenay Aybüke Yalçın and Necmettin Yılmaz at the beginning of his speech, Erdoğan said, “I respectfully and gratefully remember our martyred teachers who entrusted their students, the apples of their eyes, and their high ideals to us.”
 
'We will not allow cultural imperialism'
Erdoğan stated that the education system should be based not only on technical developments but also on a value-based approach. Erdoğan said, “It is our primary responsibility not to allow the cultural imperialism that has wanted to tear this nation apart from its roots for the last two centuries,” and drew attention to the importance of teachers in this process.
 
'Education is not the import of ideas, but the production of one's own work'
Stating that the main purpose of education is not to receive the knowledge produced by others, but to produce original knowledge, Erdoğan said, “Education is not the import of ideas, but finding one’s own voice, producing one’s own work, and creating one’s own acquis.”
 
'Teknofest generation is coming with a bang'
Giving hopeful messages to the young generation, Erdoğan stated that the new generation is open to self-development and that these young people will build the future of Türkiye. Erdoğan, who said, “I see the Teknofest generation coming with a bang,” expressed that he does not find the pessimistic approaches towards the young people right.
 
Warning against political manipulations
Erdoğan warned against the efforts of some structures to use young people for ideological goals. Erdoğan said, “There is not a single young person among us that we would sacrifice to the needs of political merchants,” and emphasized that they would not allow the young people’s dreams to be stolen.
 
 
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