Identification and Placement

Preschoolers, primary and high school students who are gifted attend the Institution.

Selecting the Students as Candidates

Preschoolers are selected as candidates for the Institution either by their parents (legal guardians) or by their class guidance teachers (outside the field). Primary and high school students are selected as candidates by the committee of the class guidance teachers.

Arts and Science Institutions send observation forms prepared by the Ministry to all preschool, primary and high school institutions in October every year.

      These observation forms are filled in by:

a-      the parents (legal guardians) of 3-6 aged children who don’t attend preschool,

b-     the teachers or parents (legal guardians) of 3-6 aged children who attend preschool,

c-      the teachers of the students currently attending grades 1-5 at primary schools and the committee of the teachers (teaching in their classes) of the students in grades 6-8,

d-     the committee of the class guidance teachers at high schools.

Teachers, committees of teachers or parents (legal guardians) select the children as candidates. School Management prepares student attendance certificate (with their photos on it) for the students who take the formal education. The lists of candidate students, observation forms and student attendance certificates are sent to Arts and Science Institutions by the end of February. After examining the documents carefully, Institutions make identification in April or May.

If there are some students/children who do not become candidates until deadline due to any reason, their parents (legal guardians), their teachers or the committee of the teachers can submit their applications to the Institution. The children/students whose applications are approved are evaluated.

      Pre-Evaluation

Observation forms of the candidates are evaluated by identification committee. After pre-evaluation, the lists of the students who will be identified are sent to their schools or parents.

      Group Identification

After pre-evaluation, students are taken into group identification. Group identification is performed by the sub-committee of consultation. The date of group identification and the evaluation criteria and tools are determined by the sub-committee.

      Individual Evaluation

Individual evaluation is applied by the psychological counsellors (working at guidance and research centres, formal and informal education institutions, universities or other institutions) in Arts and Science Institutions. During the evaluation, objective and relevant measurement tools are used.

Enrolment and Placement

Students are listed according to the individual evaluation results. This listing is sent to the General Directorate.

After examining the list, General Directorate confirms and sends it back to the Institution. Enrolment form, parental consent document, a legal copy of identity card, four photos are necessary to enrol to the Institution.