TED Düzce College

TED Düzce College which is a member of Turkish Education Association (TED) in Turkey with more than 40 schools actively working in education field since 1928, is located in the North-West Coast of Turkey, in Düzce, consisting of kindergarten, elementary, secondary and highschool departments. The school has more than 50 teachers and 500 students from different departments. Our school campus includes 35 classrooms, 2 laboratories, a conference hall, a food court, a dormitory, 2 swimming pools, a sports arena, 2 basketball courts, a tennis court, a football pitch, a 2 volleyball courts, 2 arts saloon, a robotics and coding laboratory, a health clinic, a farm, an ecology classroom and a large garden. As one of the biggest schools in Turkey, our school board wants to establish international relations with similar schools in Europe to develop itself better. TED Düzce College is organising projects on social subjects on civil society level. Taking part in Youth in Action Programe since 2010, our school has project partners from many different countries world wide Our main activities we coordinate on 5 different fields: • YOUTH EXCHANGES • VOLUNTEERING • SELF IMPROVEMENT • SOCIAL ENTREPREUNERSHIP • CIVIC ENGAGEMENT The main activities or topics are making the effective involvement in: youth cultures (theatre, music, dance, and art), organizing workshops and entertainments for youngsters (Flash mob, forum-theatre, juggling or different types of games), media and communication – intercultural learning through international projects, especially with the support of the Erasmus+ programme (Youth Initiatives, Youth Exchanges, Training courses, EVS projects). Often our activities are in cooperation with municipalities or cultural, social, volunteer organizations. Our School is accredited, which allows us to organize EVS projects in frames of the Erasmus+ programme (Youth in Action programme) We believe that active citizenship does not end in active participation neither it depends only on politics and taking part in elections, but it encompasses personal, social, political and human rights. The right to education is connected with the identity of a person as a citizen and it is an important means for promoting democracy as well as combating various issues such as social, human and environmental that its continuation depends. We are confident that solving these problems is closely connected with the person, who is the cornerstone of a democratic society. We believe that the future, not only of democracy but also Europe’s and humanity’s is closely connected with social inclusion and freedoms. All our activities that implement the methods of non-formal learning are consistent with the recommendation of the EU Council in 2012 for the validation of non-formal and informal learning. Our initiatives support the objectives of the strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, Europe 2020 aimed at promoting the recognition of non-formal learning. Leading to the acquisition and recognition of competences required for further education and successful realization on the labor market for young people.