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To sum up, RS are older than Turkish
students for all classes of middle schools
Turkish Education System (TES). The age
gap can be serious problem in
communication among refugee and Turkish
students. Therefore, school managers and
teachers should be aware of this fact and
must be trained by MEB to be able improve
the communication among students at
various ages.
This age-gap can be perceived as
normal when the natural structure of
refugee students is considered. Since the
movements of refugee children is out of th
control of national education system, the
age structure of RS cannot converge to the
age of regular classes in a short period o
time. To investigate this issue further
were asked for how long they have been in
Turkey. The results are reported in Table
For RS attending 5th-class, only 43% of
them are at regular age of 5th-class and t
rest 57% are older. 76% of these older RS
have been in Turkey for at least 4 years.
other words, the majority of these RS ar
cannot be included school life on time
although they have been in Turkey. The f
situation is same for 6th, 7th and 8th cla
too. 70% of older RS at 6th-class, 89% of
older RS at 7th-class and 80% of older RS
8th-class have been living in Turkey for a
least 4 years (Table-2). Therefore, the ag
gab problem in TES is a result of failure
timely inclusion of refugee children to
school life. intensify their communicatio
5th-class 6th-class 7th-class 8t
Regular age 11 12 13 14
% of regular age 43% 36% 67% 69%
In Turkey more than 4 years
76% 70% 89% 80%
Table – 2: Age structure of refugee stu

Girls Family 1,74 ≈ Refugee Friends
2,57
1,77
Boys 1,48 < 1,9 < 2,62 ≈ 2,69
Table – 3: Refugee students’ talking frequ
your family, native friends, teachers and
Note-2: The sign ≈ means that the diffe