Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
23rd International Scientific Conference on Economic and Social Development (ESD), Madrid, İspanya, 15 - 16 Eylül 2017, ss.433-440
Nowadays, presenting local public services and the importance of local governments providing public services within public administration organization is gradually increasing. Diversification and increasing number of urban services provided by local administrations have also increased the need for qualified workforce. As it is known, educating qualified workforce for specific professions is one of the missions of vocational schools in Turkey. Since the beginning of 2000s, the number of local administrations programs has raised either by increasing number of universities in Turkey and increasing "importance" attached to local administrations. In this sense, the Local Administrations Programs providing education in the state and foundation universities and vocational schools of Turkey which provide vocational and technical training and education in local administrations have been analyzed in this study. The purpose of this study is to determine the current situation of vocational education implemented in local administrations field of Turkey and present the quality of education provided to individuals who will be working in this field becoming increasingly important today with its advantages and problems. In this study, the program profile of local administrations programs, structure of academic members, number of students and curriculums has been established by scanning web pages of all universities providing this education. In the analysis, it is seen that the number of Local Administrations Programs has been increasing parallel to new regulations for local administrations in Turkey, while this rise is not proportionally high as the rising number of vocational schools. Furthermore, competences of these programs theoretically vary based on the conditions provided by universities and cause students to be educated at different levels. In addition to this, another finding of this study is the deficiency of practical training which is an important requirement of vocational training.