Abstract
The aim of the present study was to identify the administrative problems that school principals face at schools in the city located in the east of Turkey with high Syrian student population and to provide suggestions for overcoming these problems. The city is a province in Turkey having the highest ratio of Syrian to Turkish population with 95.61 %. Therefore, the city is an important topic for the education and social integration of Syrian students. Based on the findings, it has been identified that school principals experience problems such as language and communication problems, crowded classrooms and environments, registration uncertainties, accordance between the parents (Turkish-Syrian), school culture, discipline and behavior. In addition, problems were also identified under headings such as financial resource insufficiency, personnel requirements and in-service training requirements. It has been emphasized that making courses more active, increasing the number of course hours for the targeted culture language will be more beneficial for overcoming the language issues. It has also been indicated that equal distribution of Syrian students to the schools and balancing the student ratio in the province through the use of transportation options if necessary will also be beneficial.
Highlights
The immigration activity starting from Syria in 2011 due to the civil war in Syria is the most important immigration wave towards Turkey that has taken place in recent years
It is clear that we are experiencing language problems, this lack of communication is present between the students, teachers-students, parents-teachers and parents-principals. (SPP4) ...language is our biggest problem, our teacher colleagues first try to teach the language and move on to academic education which causes a significant loss of time. (SPP6) It was observed when the opinions of the participants were examined that in general all of the school shareholders are experiencing a multidimensional communication problem between the teachers-students, teachers-parents, parents-administration with regard to the procedures and activities related with Syrian students
The participants were asked “What do you think is the underlying reason for this language issue?” as a continuation of the first question to which SPS1, SPP3, SPP4, SPP5, and SPS8 coded participants responded by indicating that because of the large number of Syrian students they do not need Turkish for communication and that they group among themselves and communicate with each other which leads to language problems
Summary
The immigration activity starting from Syria in 2011 due to the civil war in Syria is the most important immigration wave towards Turkey that has taken place in recent years This immigration wave started in April 2011 with 252 people reaching up to 3 million 645 thousand 140 people since the start of the civil war according to the January 2021 data of the Directorate General of Migration Management. This number has placed Turkey among the top ranked countries affected from migration activities throughout history (GIGM, 2021; Güçer et al, 2013). Syrians were taken under the status of “temporary protection” within the scope of the Temporary Protection Regulation that went into effect in 2014
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