Overview
TED Ankara College Foundation Schools is a group of private schools in Turkey. College consists of kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools. TED Ankara College Foundation Schools Incek Campus is located in Ankara, Turkey. TED College is considered one of the most prestigious school groups in Turkey, delivering both the Turkish curriculum and the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Turkish and English, while French and German are taught as additional languages. Entrance is competitive and selective. Most graduates receive their first university choices, including at top global universities.
History
In line with the directives of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Turkish Education Association (Turkish: Türk Eğitim Derneği, abbreviated TED) was founded in 1928 and led the establishment of qualified Turkish schools.
TED Ankara College was founded in 1930 as the first school established by TED, and was the first private Turkish school established after the foundation of Republic of Turkey to instruct in English. In 1931, the primary school, in 1933, the middle school, in 1936 the high school were established. In 1963, the school's administration was handed over to TED Ankara College Foundation. In 2000, the foundation started to build a campus in İncek, Ankara. In 2003-2004 they moved their establishments from Kolej, Ankara to this campus. The name Kolej, the district where TED Ankara College Foundation Schools were located, is coming from the name of the college. The emblem of the schools is coming from the emblem of the association.
TED Ankara College currently has more than 5,000 students, 500 teachers, 220 employees and 26,000 alumni.
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