"National Education Statistics: Formal Education 2025-2026" was published by the Ministry.
Accordingly, in the 2025-2026 academic year, a total of 17 million 704 thousand 308 students, including 9 million 89 thousand 93 boys and 8 million 615 thousand 215 girls, received formal education at pre-school, primary and secondary education levels in Türkiye.
15 million 167 thousand 794 of these students were educated in public, 1 million 485 thousand 21 in private and 1 million 51 thousand 493 in open education institutions.
Of the students in formal education, 1 million 739 thousand 723 were in pre-school education, 5 million 408 thousand 899 were in primary school, 5 million 307 thousand 934 were in secondary school and 5 million 247 thousand 752 were in secondary education.
Of the 5 million 247 thousand 752 students in secondary education, 3 million 46 thousand 666 received education in general secondary education, 1 million 736 thousand 473 received education in vocational and technical secondary education, and 464 thousand 613 received education in Anatolian imam hatip high schools.
The number of teachers exceeded 1 million 200 thousand
The number of teachers working in formal education institutions in the 2025-2026 academic year was 1 million 170 thousand 320. When 41 thousand 479 teachers working in non-formal education institutions and other units were added to this number, the total number of teachers reached 1 million 211 thousand 799.
1 million 67 thousand 218 of these teachers worked in public schools/institutions, and 144 thousand 581 worked in private schools/institutions.
The number of classrooms increased by more than 16 thousand
In formal education, a total of 75 thousand 12 schools served in the 2025-2026 academic year, including 59 thousand 914 public schools, 15 thousand 94 private schools and 4 open education schools. Of these schools, 18 thousand 636 were in pre-school education, 25 thousand were in primary school, 18 thousand 977 were in secondary school and 12 thousand 399 were in secondary education.
A total of 769 thousand 933 classrooms were used in formal education, 631 thousand 736 in public schools and 138 thousand 197 in private schools.
Improvements in the quality of educational environments continued
The number of students per teacher was 17 in primary schools. This number was 13 in secondary schools and 12 in secondary education. The number of students per classroom was 19 in primary school, 25 in secondary school and 21 in secondary education.
According to statistics, schooling rates in the 2025-2026 academic year were 84.14 percent in the 5-year-old age group, 98.46 percent in the primary school age group (6-9 years old), and 98.16 percent in the secondary school age group (10-13 years old). In the secondary education age group (14-17 years old), it increased to 87.09 percent.
According to these data and the recently published "Education at a Glance 2025" report, Türkiye's schooling rate, which includes almost the entire population in the 6-14 age group, is similar to the OECD average.
The share of vocational and technical education increased
According to statistics, when the 2024-2025 academic year is compared with the 2025-2026 academic year, the share of vocational and technical education in formal secondary education increased from 37.56 percent to 39.51 percent.
In the same period, the number of students in vocational and technical secondary education, including vocational open education, increased from 1 million 681 thousand 100 to 1 million 736 thousand 473.
Approximately 766 thousand students benefited from access to education service via transportation.
The number of students receiving scholarships increased compared to the previous year and reached 345 thousand 112 in the 2025-2026 academic year. While the total number of students benefiting from transportation access services in primary and secondary education was 765 thousand 728, this number increased from 136 thousand 12 to 150 thousand 405 in private education.
In addition, providing accommodation opportunities to approximately half a million students in 2,852 hostels was among the concrete indicators of the Ministry of Education's efforts to strengthen inclusiveness, accessibility and equality of opportunity in education.
