Seyfettin Gürsel, Gökçe Uysal-Kolaşin and Melike Kökkızıl
Executive Summary
According to the data from 2012 Household Labor Force Survey (HLFS) published by TURKSTAT, 58.4 percent of young females and 61.4 percent of young males aged between 15 and 19 are registered at an educational institution. Even though data indicates an increase relative to 2009; the enrollment rates in Turkey are still much lower than the average score of 83.7 percent of OECD countries. Among the 2.5 million of young who are not enrolled, 2 million of them are at most primary school graduates and the share of those who have not graduated from any educational institution is not negligible. On the other hand, Turkey has made notable progress compared to 2009, especially in educational enrollment of young females. The share of young females who continue their education and do not participate in the labor market has increased from 50 percent to 54 percent, for the young males this share has increased from 50 percent to 51 percent. However, there are no improvements in the number of both young females and males who are neither enrolled nor in the labor force. 1.4 million young who are already out of the education system and still not participating in the labor force at the ages of 15 – 19 indicate that developing relevant policies for our young is urgently needed.
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