Yönetim ve Ekonomi (Jan 2013)
Türkiye’de Eğitimin Finansmanı ve Ülkelerarası Bir Karşılaştırma(Education Finance In Turkey and An Intercountry Comparison)
Abstract
Education which is the foundation of human capital of a country is a very important process which facilitates development of individual and society, supports economic development, by preserving and developing the cultural values facilitates transferring to future generations, un-deferrable and inalienable. Education which has the such important function of strengthening the development and wealth of individual, society and humanity of the future is one of the important indicators of advancement level of the countries. Countries are only able to advance as much as the importance they give to education. Due to this and other similar reasons education spending in the country economy have quite an importance. Within the framework of the study financing dimension of the education and educational spending in Turkey have been elaborated and by giving space for its comparison to other countries future oriented education budget target has been talked about. Additionally, in the study education statistics of institutions like World Bank, OECD, EUROSTAT, BUMKO have been compiled. In the most general sense of the study it has been understood that education financing in Turkey is not adequate and there are differences between the countries.