Bucak Hikmet Tolunay Vocational School Child Development Program has made its official application for the accreditation process of the Vocational Education Evaluation and Accreditation Association (MEDEK) with the aim of exceeding national standards in education quality and documenting the professional competencies of its graduates. Our program is currently in the evaluation process within the framework of quality criteria determined by MEDEK.

Our program, which acts with the vision of continuously improving our educational activities, structures its student-centered education approach, academic staff depth, and practice unity processes in line with accreditation standards.

As the Child Development Program, our main goals in this process are:

To train well-equipped professionals with scientific and ethical values that will support the healthy development of the child,

To regularly update the educational curriculum in line with the changing needs of the sector and society and stakeholder opinions,

To ensure sustainable success in education by operating measurement, evaluation, and quality assurance mechanisms with the principle of continuous improvement.

The efforts we are conducting towards MEDEK accreditation are part of our commitment to certify the quality of education we offer in the field of Child Development and to prepare future child educators at the highest standards.

Information and Inquiry About MEDEK Detailed information about the accreditation process, evaluation criteria, and association activities can be accessed from the link below: [MEDEK Official Website]

To internalize the vital importance of child development and education; to train technical personnel who can analyze the physical, mental, and social development characteristics of children with an academic discipline. We undertake the task of meeting the need for intermediate staff who can provide suitable environments for children with special educational needs, are conscious of mother-child health, can develop educational materials compatible with technology, and are committed to ethical values and solution-oriented.

To be an associate degree program that successfully applies current educational technologies and pedagogical approaches in the field of child development, preferred first in both public and private sectors due to the competence of its graduates, and is a leading and exemplary program at the national level.

Students who graduate from our program can work as administrators, teachers, and teacher assistants in private nurseries and kindergartens, as administrators, teachers, and teacher assistants in special education and rehabilitation centers, as master instructors in kindergartens affiliated with the Ministry of National Education and in preschool classes affiliated with primary schools, as parent educators in private research and consultancy companies, as designers in the children's publications and toys sectors, and as child care personnel for the children of working parents.

Graduates of the Child Development Program have the right to continue with a bachelor's program related to their field of graduation if they succeed in the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS) conducted by ÖSYM.

• Child Development (Bachelor's)
• Preschool Teaching
• Special Education Teaching
• Social Work
• Health Management