A General Lookout to Science and Arts Centers (BİLSEM) in Turkey
Science and Arts Centers (BİLSEM) are providing important support for the improvement of skills of special talented children in 81 cities of the country. These centers also provided support to the struggle against the Covid-19 pandemic. BİLSEMs focused on patent, useful model, design and brand production and made important strives. On the other hand, all BİLSEM centers are reinforced with libraries, design and skill workshops.
Currently, there are 182 BİLSEM centers in 81 cities of the country and 63 thousand students are coming to these centers for support. When we examine the figures of the last decade, we see an important increase in the number of these centers and students who benefit from them.
There are 320 administrators and 2 thousand and 223 teachers working in 182 BİLSEM centers. BİLSEM centers are encouraging teachers to take a master's degree and we cooperate with universities within this framework. Currently 61 of the teachers working in these centers have master's degree. 231 of our teachers are attending master's degree classes and 219 of them are attending lectures and seminars in order to receive a doctorate degree.
In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, MoNE activated the production force of all BİLSEM centers and focused on the production of most needed products. BİLSEM centers immediately produced 350 thousand face shields and delivered them to the required destinations. On the other hand, BİLSEM centers also focus on designing and producing other most needed products such as thermometers, mask holders, video laryngoscope, intubation cabins and aprons, ventilation device valves, disinfectant robots, social distancing measurement devices, mechanic ventilators and contact free examination cabins.
Students who benefit from BİLSEM centers achieved important success in project development in national and international levels. For example, these students won awards in various different categories of the TEKNOFEST 2020. Students who benefit from BİLSEM also managed to receive awards from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (Tübitak).
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MoNE(2022). Science and Arts Centers to be Reinforced. https://www.meb.gov.tr/science-and-arts-centers-to-be-reinforced/haber/…
