International Conference on Eurasian Economies
9-11 September 2015 – Kazan, RUSSIA
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1411
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Growth and Development
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Emine Fırat
Session : 7E Kalkınma II
The Relationship of Development and Education: An Evaluation of Turkey’s Education Level by Human Development Index
Kalkınma ve Eğitim İlişkisi: İnsani Gelişme Endeksine Göre Türkiye’nin Eğitim Düzeyinin Değerlendirilmesi
- Prof. Dr. Emine Fırat (Aksaray University, Türkiye)
- Emre Ürün (Aksaray University, Türkiye)
- Mr. Aytaç Aydın (Aksaray University, Türkiye)
Abstract
The unfair distribution of income in underdeveloped countries causes the capital to be gathered in the hands of a certain party and thus preventing it from spreading to the society and although national income in these countries is high, the level of development being low creates problems. Education directly relates to issues related to the concept of development such as developing individuals’ social points of view, obtaining the individual’s skills and abilities, shaping the socio-cultural structure, environment, healthy life and guaranteeing rights and freedom. The fact that frontiers disappeared together with the globalizing world and sharing the incomes in international markets have brought about some problems. The emergence of human-centered approach in development in 1970 and after has been an important opportunity for all societies. Human development has led the way to investigate concepts such as poverty, income equality, health and education and to take action to remove the deficiencies in the aforementioned area. Education is inevitable for development. In this context, Turkey’s education level will be evaluated in terms of the relationship of human development and education for development. In this study the indicators of Human Development Index (HDI) prepared by UDP annually and Education Index (EI), the sub-index of HDI, for Turkey have been taken into consideration and it has been aimed to determine Turkey’s level of development in education. It was determined in the study that Turkey’s level of human development is not satisfactory and that indicators for education were low.
JEL codes: E00, O15, F43
Fırat, Emine, Ürün, Emre, Aydın, Aytaç (2015). "The Relationship of Development and Education: An Evaluation of Turkey’s Education Level by Human Development Index" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2015, pp.876-883, Kazan, RUSSIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C06.01411
