The Salary of a Vocational High School Graduate is More Than the School Principal

At a time when there was a shortage of qualified personnel, all parties to the problem came together for the second time at the Torbalı Chamber of Commerce Congress Center. Speaking at the meeting, TTO President Olgun said, “We would like to say to our guidance teachers and school principals: A machinist who graduated from a vocational high school is paid more than anyone else except the District Governor in this hall.” said.

Hosted by Torbalı Chamber of Commerce; District Governor Ercan Öter, Director of National Education Atilla Işıkkaya, President of Chamber of Commerce Abdulvahap Olgun, school principals and guidance teachers in the district gathered at the "Evaluation, Promotion and Guidance on Vocational and Technical Education" meeting, which attracted great attention with the participation of industrialists, educators and institutions. Emphasizing the population and production opportunities in the district, District Governor Ercan Öter emphasized that the problem of vocational high schools and qualified personnel, which is on the government's agenda and has experienced different breakthroughs in recent months, is being followed, and that efforts should be made to raise awareness of families in this regard. Emphasizing the importance of this meeting, which brought together all sides of the problem, Öter said, “This is a duty of homeland and conscience. If we do not do this, our students will be unemployed. Torbalı is an industrial area, we need to meet the need for intermediate staff. We ask our guidance teachers to make a special effort this term so that our students prefer vocational high schools.” said.

WE ARE WANTING 5 THOUSAND STAFF TO WORK IN MANUFACTURING

Speaking at the meeting, Torbalı Chamber of Commerce President Olgun said, “There are currently 65 thousand employees in our district and we need at least 5 thousand qualified personnel with vocational training. Finding people to work in jobs such as CNC operator, welder, turner, electrician, technical draftsman, furniture upholsterer and machine maintenance has almost fallen into the black market. We cannot find personnel to work in machining with a salary of 7-8 thousand TL.” said. Stating that the interest in vocational education is gradually decreasing, President Olgun said, “While the number of students enrolled in the metal department in the industrial vocational high school in our district last year was 154, the number of graduates was 28; The number of students enrolled in the furniture department is 114, while the number of graduates is 5. However, Torbalı industry needs 5-6 thousand graduates for these two fields. . I would like to say this to our guidance teachers and school principals: A machinist who is a graduate of vocational high school gets more salary than anyone else except the District Governor in this hall.” said.