Minister Göktaş details 2 billion liras in education support for students
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- Turkey’s Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş said education support for children from low-income families continues from primary school through university.
- She said foundations have received 6 billion liras in education funding since 2021.
- Students studying away from their families receive support for four journeys a year, with 92 million liras allocated for that assistance in the first seven months of this year.
Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş said support for children from low-income families continues from primary school through university.
Göktaş said the education resources transferred to foundations have reached 6 billion liras since 2021. She also recalled that students studying away from their families receive transport support for four journeys each year.
She said 92 million liras was allocated to that travel assistance during the first seven months of this year.
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Originally published by Hürriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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