Students at Celaleddin Karatay Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School, one of the Ministry of National Education's project schools, are experiencing the intricacies of their profession in the agricultural and livestock practice areas established at the school.
At Celaleddin Karatay Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in Konya, students are experiencing agriculture and livestock, small animal breeding, mushroom production facility, and two greenhouse areas with practical training.
The school, which was opened in 1967 as the "Veterinary Health School" by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, offers educational opportunities with its various projects after being transferred to the Ministry of National Education in 2006.
The school, which admits students based on the centralized exam and diploma achievement score, also has a 146-person dormitory for students who choose from outside the city.
The products obtained in the school's practice areas are evaluated within the scope of revolving capital, and they also provide income for students.
It is intended to increase productivity with modern techniques.
School Director İlhan Kolay said that the school, with its 100,000 square meter practice area and 9,400 square meter school-dormitory area, is one of Turkey's important educational institutions.
Drawing attention to the fact that agriculture and livestock have become a strategic sector, Kolay said, 'Our aim is to teach our students to establish their own businesses, produce, and increase productivity with modern techniques while producing. We work to prevent rural-urban migration by our students, to use agricultural lands more efficiently and increase the economic yield in our country.'
Animal Health and Breeding Field Teacher Yakup Yeldemir also stated that the school trains intermediate personnel in order to contribute to the country's economy in the field of animal breeding, and that students will be able to find jobs easily in official institutions, pet clinics, and the private sector after graduating.
Muhammet Emir Kılıç, an 11th grade student in the Animal Health and Breeding Field, also stated that they learned the production, treatment, and feeding steps step by step in the department.
Agriculture Field Chief Mehmet Biçen emphasized that they produce mushrooms in the mushroom greenhouse, saying, 'We produce three times a year in our greenhouse established with the bed system. We produce approximately 15 tons of mushrooms. Our students also receive a return for their work from the income obtained from the mushrooms we sell wholesale within the scope of revolving capital.'
