Fikret Sebilcioğlu Gave a Speech at the IX. Basic Education Symposium

Fikret Sebilcioğlu, Transparency International Turkey Board Vice Chair, attended a panel discussion, titled “Values in Education” at the IX. Basic Education Symposium organised by the Private Schools Association of Turkey on 1 December 2018. The symposium was hosted by Terakki Foundation Şişli Terakki Private Schools.

In the panel, it was discussed that the “values” formed by abstract concepts such as love, respect, honesty, transparency and fairness should not only be given to children through “teaching” but also with concrete examples in daily life. Fikret Sebilcioğlu emphasized that from the perspective of private companies, ethics trainings for business people after a certain age become more difficult and therefore such basic values should be given by the family and school as much as possible in the early stages of childhood.