The conversion of KYK dormitories into guesthouses for earthquake victims and the transition of universities to distance education until the summer months started a debate on social media. Many educators and students declared that they were against the decision.
Making a statement after the Kahramanmaraş earthquake that stifled our country, YÖK announced that universities were suspended indefinitely until a second announcement. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in the statement he made in the past hours, said that universities will be Distance Learning announced that he would continue his education through
Although the said decision was taken so that KYK dormitories could serve as guesthouses for earthquake victims, it seems that neither the students nor the lecturers are satisfied with the decision in question. Right after the distance education application in the COVID-19 pandemic, students who will now switch to distance education due to the earthquake, did not receive their full university education. are voicing their concerns.
“Students need friends, teachers, counselors”
Statistics and behavioral scientist from New York University prof. Dr. Selcuk Sirinmade the following statements in the post he made after the distance education decision:
“Open schools! All are traumatized. School is not only a place to learn but also a place to meet social and emotional needs. Students need friends, teachers, counselors. Children need time with family and off screen. Open schools in safe places!
Different solutions, including temporary assignment from outside, can be developed in earthquake-affected areas. There are hundreds of thousands of teachers waiting to be appointed in Turkey. It is not right for children to stay in the same environment with families who have already experienced trauma. They need a social environment.”
Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Communication Dean Burak Özçetin stated that he received requests from his students to open universities:
Clinical psychologist Dr. According to Özge Orbay, the issue is not only the education of students:
Also political scientist Cangul Examplefrom Yıldız Technical University Prof. dr. Muhammed Eyyüp Sallabaşresearcher Sinan Canan also shared that they found the decision wrong.
Not only educators but also students opposed the distance education decision.
Of course, there are those who support the distance education decision as well as those who oppose it.
