TED – CANADA STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME
Under the Canada Education Agreement signed between the Turkish Education Association and the Government of Canada, all students of TED Schools have the right to take part in the intercultural student exchange programme, obtain equivalence, continue their education at TED Schools in the next grade up and earn a dual diploma.
The programme aims to give students, their families and host families the opportunity to deepen their understanding of and respect for other cultures and to discover the realities of humanity, while giving students good English and the opportunity to study at university abroad.
IBDP
At TED Schools, teaching is an organic process that is individualised for each student, shaped by their needs, guided by teachers and supported and monitored with technology. It includes curricula built by differentiating process, product and content, as well as national and international values, scales and standards. The main aim of IB programmes, which are recognised worldwide, is to educate internationally minded individuals. International monitoring and authorisation of practice support the institution's self-evaluation, and practice is continually updated.
Giving students an internationally recognised diploma in addition to the diploma awarded by the Ministry of National Education, the IBDP is an adaptable programme that allows changes according to the educational needs of the countries where it is offered, and it is officially recognised by the Ministry of National Education.
Alongside academic achievement, the IBDP aims to educate students as “world citizens” who are self-disciplined, have developed higher-order thinking skills, have adopted lifelong learning as a way of life, are aware of their social responsibilities and know and understand different cultures. Students who take part in the IBDP, a symbol of academic credibility and intellectual thought, are proudly accepted by leading universities around the world and the best universities in Turkey.
Successful graduates of this broad and demanding programme not only do well in university entrance exams but also, depending on their diploma results, earn scholarships and credit (course exemptions) at good universities in Turkey and around the world. The Turkish Government does not allow applications to universities in Turkey with the IB diploma alone. However, students can apply to and be accepted by universities abroad without taking the national university entrance exam.
AP
The Advanced Placement (AP) programme is a strong, comprehensive and demanding programme aimed at excellence in education, which began in the United States and has spread around the world. The AP Programme is offered and recognised in more than 60 countries outside the United States.
The AP Programme allows students to take university-level courses while still in high school and to be exempted from these courses at university. Especially when applying to universities abroad, having taken AP courses and passed the exams in high school is seen as a sign that a student is ready for academic study.
Students who take AP courses and pass the exams have an advantage over standard applicants when applying to universities and may also be exempted from these courses when they start university. They can also more easily pursue a double major.
BTEC
Delivered to more than 4 million students in 110 countries, BTEC is offered in Turkey only at TED Schools. BTEC, whose name stands for educational excellence and which is recognised as equivalent by Edexcel, the UK's largest awarding body, for progression to universities abroad, is a practical, hands-on and lively model of education that aims to give students vocational qualifications.
BTEC programmes aim to give students the skills needed to enter higher education, the competences for the careers they dream of, and to make them sought-after candidates for leading companies in the sector. Recognised by universities in Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia and by companies worldwide, the programme is continually developed and renewed to meet the needs of learners, employers and the times.
Students who complete the programme hold an internationally recognised certificate and can be admitted directly to a Higher National Diploma (HND) programme in the United Kingdom.
Scientist Training Programme
The research- and practice-based “Scientist Training Programme”, which aims to educate students for whom scientific thinking has become a way of life, is a four-year programme with two strands — Science and Social Sciences — in which academically high-achieving students are educated through enriched teaching based on research, practice and productivity, and on school-university cooperation.
The “Scientist Training Programme”, which aims to educate students with an inquiring spirit in Science and Social Sciences who are productive, have internalised scientific thinking and have made these qualities a way of life, is offered for the first time in Turkey at TED Schools with the approval of the Board of Education.
The “Scientist Training Programme” is a four-year programme with two strands — Science and Social Sciences — in which academically high-achieving students are educated through enriched teaching based on research, practice and productivity, and on school-university cooperation. As in our other programmes, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics are taught in English in the Scientist Training Programme.
In the national university placement process, graduates of the programme's Science strand have the same rights as graduates of the Science stream of the National High School Programme, and graduates of the Social Sciences strand have the same rights as graduates of its Turkish-Mathematics stream.