Roundtable Meeting with
Prof. Üstün Ergüder,
Chairman of the Executive Board at Education Reform Initiative (ERI)
May 22, 2019

On May 22, 2019, Prof. Üstün Ergüder, Chairman of the Executive Board at ERI, addressed GRF and GRF Community members at a roundtable meeting. In his speech entitled “Putting Education on the Agenda: The Education Reform Initiative as a Civil Society Experience”, Prof. Ergüder briefly recounted the history of ERI and elaborated on its work in supporting education in Turkey. While Prof. Ergüder pointed out positive developments like the Ministry of Education allocating more resources to education and sharing more data, the content of the education still needs improvement. Prof. Ergüder drew attention to the fact that Turkish students still underperform compared to the global average in competency exams and stressed the importance of early childhood education. Following his speech, Prof. Ergüder answered the participants’ questions.