Malatya Science High School
high school
Malatya Science High School (Malatya Fen Lisesi in Turkish) is a public boarding school located in Malatya, Turkey. It was established in 1986 by Yahya Ozkan with the approbation of Ministry of National Education. The school has a curriculum concentrated on natural sciences and mathematics. The admissions to the science high school are through a competitive national high school entrance examination.
History
Science High Schools (Turkish: Fen Lisesi - FL) are public boarding high schools in Turkey aimed to train exceptionally talented students on a curriculum concentrated on natural sciences and mathematics. The first science high school was established in 1964 in Ankara with a funding from the Ford Foundation. The school was modeled after the American counterparts like the Bronx High School of Science. Due to the considerable success of its alumni in all aspects of professional life and academia, science high school concept is spread around the country and now there are public and private science high schools in all major cities. Being one of them Malatya Science High School is now one of the most prominent science high schools in Turkey.
Malatya Science High School was founded in 1986 with the approbation of Ministry of National Education in a campus once served as Faculty of Education and Academy of Economics & Administrative Sciences at Inonu University.
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