Abstract
EDUCATION SYSTEM OF MEXICO: A COMPARISON WITH TURKEY IN TERMS OF PURPOSE, STRUCTURE AND PROCESS
The aim of this article is to compare the Mexican Education System with Turkish Education System. For this purpose, firstly, Mexico’s geographical, historical, social, political and economic structures have been handled. Later, Mexican Education System’s purposes and policies, the administrative and school structure of the education system and the process in the Mexican education system have been investigated. Finally the Turkish Education System and the Mexican Education System have been compared in terms of purpose, structure and process. As a result, both countries aim to provide free and secular education on the basis of equal opportunity to all citizens. The education system in Turkey has been structured as 4+4+4, while the education system in Mexico has been structured as 3+6+3+3. Both systems have centralist structure. When two countries were compared in terms of process, in both countries, compulsory education is twelve years. In Turkey, pre-school education is not compulsory but in Mexico, 3 years pre-school education is compulsory. While 4 years high school is compulsory in Turkey, 3 years high school is not in Mexico. In both countries, central exams take important places in education systems.
Keywords
Comparative education, education system, Mexico
