Minister Tekin: We want our children to be able to understand, analyze and interpret what they read

Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin attended the final program of the 19th Traditional Book Reading Competition organized by Zeytinburnu Municipality. At the award ceremony held at Zeytinburnu Cultural Center, certificates of appreciation were presented to the writers Özgür Balpınar, Pınar Bayram Yürüker, Alparslan Demir, Neşe Karakaya and Muhittin Yenigün.

Speaking at the program, Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin said, “With the Turkey Century Education Model that we have put into practice this year, what we want to do the most is to instill the habit of reading books. To develop our children’s reading and writing skills. We want our children to be able to understand what they read, analyze and interpret what they read. We encourage this. I would like to thank our mayor for this. I have said this in several places before. We also encourage our children to read in some way. Our parents were left out of this process. I would like to thank our mayor for this. There is also an adult category in this competition. It is also very important. Parents’ weekly reading hours are 1/3 of the world average. Our parents read few books. With this opportunity, we will support this process together.”

PRIZES WERE DELIVERED TO THE COMPETITORS

22,900 books were read in the competition in which 7,668 readers participated. The winners of the competition were given 30 thousand liras, the second place winners 20 thousand liras, the third place winners 15 thousand liras, the fourth place winners 10 thousand liras, the fifth place winners 7 thousand 500 liras, and the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th place winners 5 thousand liras.

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