Having a very successful year in academic, social, cultural and sportive activities and successfully completing the 2019-2020 academic year curriculum via distance education due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Near East College will continue raise her students in the best way by adding new success stories to her accomplishments in the academic year of 2020-2021 as well.
Near East College, which renews herself every year in the light of science and current developments and offers a quality educational environment with unique educational programs designed to enable students to use the foreign language and gain life skills along with academic success, will open her doors for the newcomer students through the Placement and Entrance Exam to be held at 9:00 on Saturday 13 June 2020. In addition, student enrollments for the Near East College intermediate classes are ongoing.
Stating that Near East College has become a brand in education with her contemporary infrastructure as well as its deep-rooted institutional culture and quality education programs going beyond the standards set by national and international bodies, Near East Schools Group Secondary Education Head Asım İdris expressed his views: “We have experienced extraordinary days due to COVID-19 pandemic. However, Near East College with her devoted teaching staff spared no sacrifices and completed the curriculum of all courses via online education without compromising quality and as Near East College, we have achieved to be a model as the most successful school of distance education. At the beginning of the academic year of 2020-2021, we will reinforce the curriculum completed during distance education and continue our path leading to new success stories".
The foundation of a year full of achievements has been laid...
Drawing attention to the crucial role of institutional assessment for quality education in maintaining a sustainable level complying with national and international standards, Asım Idris underlined their commitment to continuing to exert every effort with all their capacity to further up their quality in education which is already high. "With our educational staff, we have had assessment and planning meetings and we have already prepared the academic calendar, programs and all the activities that we are going to implement in the academic year of 2020-2021. Being aware of the great importance of in-service training in boosting teachers' effectiveness and leading to a better performance, we have been preparing ourselves with great motivation for the next academic year with in-service training. In addition, we have created an even stronger education staff by employing and adding new talented teaching staff to our experienced and expert staff. In addition to all these, considering the probability of an outbreak, we have reviewed alternative education models and developed programs to be used to ensure continuous education and the assessment of the education implemented” noted he.
Underlining NEC's commitment to raising students who are well-equipped, independent, self-confident, innovative, critical thinking, responsible, and focused on success and capable to write and speak a second foreign language along with English fluently, accurately and effectively, Asım Idris stated that the COVID-19 pandemic process laid bare the importance of the information technologies in managing this process effectively. "In this sense, it is a clear indicator demonstrating how accurately we decided to follow the computer exam curriculum of the International Lower Secondary (ILS) of the Cambridge International Exam Center, which is one of the world's most prestigious exam centers conducting IGCSE and A-Level exams, of which certificates have validity in Europe, Turkey, Cyprus and other countries. Another innovative step that we covered is to to follow the Science and Mathematics curricula of Pearson-Edexcel exam centers and this step will constitute the basis for IGCSE and A-Level exams that students will take in the future” said he.
Students are provided with opportunity to choose both GCE (General Certificate of Education) and YKS (Higher Education Institutions Examination)...
Pointing out that Near East College is one of the rare private schools that prepare for both GCE and YKS, Asım Idris underlines that GCE exams provide students with opportunity to get certificates valid and recognized all across the world while programs that they offer for YKS provide them with opportunity to prepare themselves well for the elite universities in Turkey and Cyprus and Teacher Training Academy.
Underlining that academic achievements were never a coincidence, School Principal Asım İdris stated that academic success was the consequence of hard work, perseverance, learning and studying under the guidance of competent teaching staff in a distinguished educational ground. "Achieving the highest mark in three branches in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exam, Near East College 11M grade GCE student Ayten Çamur has become the world's number one in Mathematics and Europe's number one in Biology and Chemistry. She has been the only student awarded with the first prize in three different branches at the "Outstanding Pearson Learner Awards" ceremony organized by Pearson-Edexcel. Near East College grade 10N GCE student Ada Özkul has become the World’s number one by achieving the highest mark in the world for Turkish exam that held within the scope of International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE)” noted he.
Pointing out the significant role of quality education as well as hard work, dedication, motivation and devotion in achieving the goals, the School Principal Asım İdris underlines that the success achieved by their students is a clear and the most concrete indicator demonstrating the high quality education offered by Near East College.
Parent-Student Meetings are realized through Academic Consultancy Office to help students choose GCE and YKS programs and courses during the transition from grade 8 to grade 9....
Stating that the interests of the students are determined primarily with the tests carried out during the transition from secondary school to high school, Asım Idris underlined that meetings specific to each student are held with the attendance of academic counseling and guidance teams and experienced branch teachers. Stating that the most appropriate course choices are made under the light of the results acquired through these meetings, Idris delivered further information. “For grade 9 GCE students, we offer course alternatives instead of package programs. While multidisciplinary approaches are gaining importance in the globalizing world, education systems are modeled in a wide range where a science student can also demonstrate his talents in social sciences and arts, or a verbal student will choose science courses for his future career. Students, who enrolled in YKS programs, receive education on courses preparing them for the Exam Monitoring Development (GIS) in Turkey. The development process is followed specifically for each student. Each student's deficiencies are identified and additional courses are organized to eliminate these deficiencies and equip them properly and consequently they can take the YKS exam at the end of the grade 12.
We make our name mentioned by achieving high marks in foreign language exams...
Stating that their foreign language programs have been accredited by Cambridge International Exam Center, Asım Idris said: "As Near East College, we make our name mentioned by achieving high marks in foreign language exams every year. It is among our goals to add new ones to our worldwide achievements in exams such as IELTS, SAT and TOEFL, which are accepted worldwide”.
Apart from English, the third language-German and French...
Explaining that they implement an educational model enabling a student to use German and French as a third language while using English as the mother tongue at the highest level, İdris emphasized that a student with a third language in the international education arena will always be one step ahead.
Identified deficiencies are met through free courses...
Addiing that they would prepare students for exams at the international level with one-to-one studies, school reinforcement studies and accelerated courses in accordance with their levels, Idris stated that free courses will continue as in every academic year.
We offer a quality education environment to our students and parents...
Reminding that they notified the parents about the academic status of the students via the NECSİS measurement and evaluation system they launched last year, Idris went on: "Through school-parents -student cooperation, we are ready for the new term. With our deep-rooted institutional culture and our belief in science, we offer our students, parents and teachers a sustainable quality education environment with the support we receive from our Near East University. Having a school program with a structure that develops cultural and social responsibility, we included everything available in sportive, artistic, academic and social life into the education program. In addition to using the information accurately, we will continue to raise versatile generations capable to produce new information for the benefit of the society they live in".