Contact details
Submitted by: Ece Akçay, Deputy Project Director, PIKTES Project, Ministry of National Education
Email Address: [email protected]
Website: www.piktes.gov.tr
Social: @piktes2projesi
Introduction to the project
Country
Turkey
Duration
From 2003 and ongoing.
Description
Turkey has operated a Conditional Cash Transfers for Education (CCTE) programme since 2003. Millions of families and children have benefited from the National CCTE for more than fifteen years.
In 2017, thanks to a partnership with the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services, the Ministry of National Education (MoNE), Turkish Red Crescent (TRC) and the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the National CCTE Programme was extended to cover school-age migrant children residing in Turkey under temporary and international protection.
The programme is funded by the European Union, the Norway and the United States of America.
TRC and MoNE also have a unique collaboration within the Conditional Cash Transfer for Education, or CCTE, Programme, which provides cash assistance to vulnerable families with school-aged children who maintain regular attendance. Since 2017, the CCTE programme has reached 517,877 children via payments made through the "Kızılaykart".
Project aims
To improve regular school attendance by supporting families with cash assistance and child protection services.
Resources used
Funding by European Union, Norway and the United Stated of America.
Main activities of the Good Practice
CCTE Payments are:
- 35 TL for boys in primary schools
- 40 TL for girls in primary schools
- 50 TL for boys in high schools
- 60 TL for girls in high schools
Families also receive 100 TL-200 TL-250 TL additional payments for each CCTE beneficiary receiving child in September and January to cover school needs for their upcoming school semester.
Partners
- Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services
- The Ministry of National Education
- European Union
- Norway
- United States of America
- Turkish Red Crescent
- UNICEF
How challenges were overcome
The biggest challenge faced in implementing this good practice is the limited duration of the CCTE program for school aged migrant children under temporary and international protection and maintaining sustainable financial resources.
Results of the Good Practice
- As of September 2019, the CCTE for refugees (cash component) reached 517, 877 beneficiary children (50 per cent girls and 50 per cent boys).
- Project activities supported the mitigation of child protection risks and violations such as child labour, early marriage, physical and emotional violence (caused and exacerbated by excessive parental stress) and family separation, which are closely intertwined with economic vulnerabilities.