Turkey’s vocational training program draws union scrutiny over conditions for teen workers

A Turkish education union accused the government’s expanding vocational training system for teenagers of prioritizing employers’ labor needs over students’ education, in a report released Monday. The report by Eğitim-İş, a union representing teachers in Turkey, said students enrolled in the country’s Vocational Education Centers program (MESEM) spend most of the week at workplaces under […] The post Turkey’s vocational training program draws union scrutiny over conditions for teen workers app...

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