EU to provide Syrians in Turkey with nearly $570M in education aid
MARDIN, Turkiye (AA) – The EU will send an additional €530 million ($567 million) as educational assistance for Syrian children in Turkey, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Thursday.
The bloc’s cooperation in the education of Syrian children in the Turkish Education System (PIKTES) will last until summer 2025, Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut, head of the EU Delegation to Turkey, said.
However, this support will not be limited to PIKTES, he explained, with the EU also to provide cash transfers so Syrian families can send their children to school.
Adding that the EU also assists with substantive and equipment support to prefabricated schools for early education, he said it finances the construction of around 300 such schools.
Along with the ambassadors of some EU countries, Meyer-Landrut paid a visit to Mardin for talks with local Turkish officials.
The delegation visited a secondary school in the Kiziltepe district and met with teachers and students.
Turkey is the largest host country for Syrian refugees and provides protection to nearly 4 million people who fled the neighboring country.
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