By the End of 2022, 90 Percent of Classrooms Will Meet with Interactive Boards

Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer noted that with the installation of 2022 thousand interactive whiteboards until the end of 23 in order to support learning processes with technological infrastructure, interactive boards will be at the service of students and teachers in a total of 545 thousand 691 classrooms within the scope of the FATIH Project in Education. Özer said, “In this way, 90 percent of the classrooms in all our official schools that provide formal education will meet with interactive whiteboards.” said.

Minister of National Education Mahmut Özer stated that all supports were mobilized to improve the technological opportunities of schools and said, “With the number of interactive boards exceeding half a million in 2022, technology supported learning, which has become a part of education in our country, has become an important tool in achieving the goal of equal opportunity in education. While the interactive whiteboard supports the development of students with different learning styles, it facilitates permanent learning, makes learning more enjoyable and increases the teacher's expression and practice options.” used the phrases.

Stating that the internet and diversified information technologies are among the basic needs as an educational tool in Turkey as in the whole world, Özer reminded that the FATIH Project was started in 2011 by including it in the public investment program.

Özer said: “The interactive whiteboards, whose procurement, installation, maintenance and repair processes have been carried out in three phases since September 2012, enabled our students to receive computer-aided education in secondary and primary schools, starting from high schools. The contribution of the Internet to both accessing information and critical thinking and learning processes supports the active role of teachers in schools with interactive whiteboards. In this context, with 2022 thousand more installations at the end of 23, the interactive board will be at the service of our students and teachers in a total of 545 thousand 691 classrooms within the scope of the FATIH in Education Project. Thus, 90 percent of the classrooms in all our official schools that provide formal education will have met with interactive whiteboards. With the installation of interactive whiteboards, which are one of the most important components of the FATIH Project, in classrooms and the number exceeding half a million, Turkey has become one of the few countries in the world in the use of technology in education in one more area.” made its assessment.