A New Era Begins for Educational Technologies in Türkiye

The Ministry of National Education (MoNE) has taken a significant step to accelerate digital transformation and strengthen technology integration in education. With the recent amendment published in the Official Gazette, it has been announced that a Department of Innovation and Educational Technologies Services will be established within every provincial directorate of national education across Türkiye.

This new regulation aims to implement the Ministry’s digital education policies and initiatives led by the General Directorate of Innovation and Educational Technologies (YEGİTEK) in a more organized and effective structure at the local level.

What Are the Responsibilities of the New Departments?

According to Article 16 of the new regulation, the key responsibilities of the newly established Departments of Innovation and Educational Technologies Services include:

• Implementation of YEGİTEK Services: Ensuring the effective execution of all services within YEGİTEK’s scope at the provincial level.
• Management of Technological Infrastructure: Conducting inspections, supervision, and acceptance processes related to the network infrastructure, internet access, and IT equipment in schools and institutions.
• Inventory and Needs Analysis: Keeping and updating inventory records for educational technologies and identifying schools’ technology needs.
• Coordination of Digital Content: Managing and coordinating the development and administration of electronic educational content as needed.
• Promoting Safe Internet Use: Conducting activities and awareness campaigns related to the safe and conscious use of the internet in schools.
• Project Monitoring and Collaboration: Following national and international projects focusing on technology use and innovative practices in education, and supporting promotional and technical activities related to YEGİTEK’s initiatives.
• Capacity Building: Planning and organizing activities to enhance educational technologies and digital skills.
• Management of Innovation Spaces: Coordinating and ensuring the efficient use of learning laboratories, innovative classrooms, studios, and workshops established across provinces.

Multidisciplinary Teams to Lead the Efforts

These departments will consist of professionals such as teachers, engineers, programmers, analysts, technicians, IT operators, and administrative personnel.

In addition, specialized roles like YEGİTEK Provincial Manager, YEGİTEK IT Coordinator, and YEGİTEK Project Coordinator may be appointed to support the execution of initiatives at the provincial level.

Official Gazette Reference

You can view the full regulation as published in the Official Gazette here. 

At EdTech Türkiye, we warmly welcome and highly value this strategic move by the Ministry of National Education.

We believe that this initiative will deliver significant benefits to Türkiye’s educational technologies ecosystem:

• Effective Policy Implementation: National policies on educational technologies will now be implemented more efficiently and visibly at the local level.
• Systematic Infrastructure Management: Schools’ technological infrastructures will be managed and updated through a more planned and systematic approach.
• Organized Projects: Critical areas such as digital content production, professional development for teachers, enhancing students’ digital competencies, and promoting safe internet use will be addressed through more organized and impactful projects.
• Strengthened Local Capacity: Provinces will develop more capable and coordinated structures, ready for national and international collaborations and projects.

The establishment and effective use of learning laboratories, innovative classrooms, studios, and workshops represent a critical opportunity to expand hands-on experiences with educational technologies across the country.

Moreover, having multidisciplinary teams—including teachers, engineers, and programmers—will combine theoretical expertise with practical application, significantly enhancing the quality of educational technology implementation on the ground.

We fully support this major step that strengthens Türkiye’s digital education vision and are excited to closely follow its implementation and impact on the education ecosystem.