The 2020/2021 school year in Turkey will start on August 31, said Cengiz Mete, general director of Secondary schools department of Turkey’s Education Ministry, APA’s local bureau reports.
He said the Ministry of Education made such a decision taking into consideration recommendations of the Science Institution functioning in the framework of the measures of fight against novel coronavirus under Turkey’s Health Ministry.
The general director noted that the Ministry of Education has sent notifications in this regard to 81 provinces of Turkey.