School bussing in primary and lower secondary, upper secondary education in turkish education system

The aim of this study is to understand school bussing in primary and lower secondary, upper secondary education in Turkish Education System with its reasons and evaluate school bussing in primary and secondary education with different aspects, especially the development of school bussing in terms of years. The focus is on the development of school bussing after the changes on the duration of compulsory education. At this point, the role of school bussing on spreading compulsory education is important and numerical data show that school bussing made a major contribution to the process especially in and after the period of eight years and 12 years compulsory education. With the transition to 12 years compulsory education in the academic year 2012-2013, school bussing expanded and it will continue to expand possibly. At present, almost 900,000 of school age population are on the scope of school bussing. Finally, it can be asserted that school bussing is of great importance for Turkish Educational system and therefore, the determination and analysis of problem issues and finding constructive and effective solutions to problems is very important for the functioning of the school bussing in a more useful and healthy way.