Energy Minister Berat Albayrak drew attention to the importance of qualified human resources for the achievement of the national energy and mining policy of Turkey, and stated that three renewable energy high schools and seven natural resources high schools would be opened. Underlining the importance of well-equipped and qualified human resources, Albayrak said, “The national energy and mining policy has been drawn up in line with the future goals of Turkey. To achieve these goals, we need to educate qualified and skilled human resources.” At the signing ceremony of the protocol on “Natural Resources and Renewable Energy Technologies Vocational and Technical Anatolian High Schools”, held within the scope of the “National Energy Education Trust”, which was attended also by Minister of Education İsmal Yılmaz, Albayrak said that young people will be educated to take up positions in the energy field and carry it beyond the current goals: “We mentioned localisation and domestic production. We said the energy technologies need to be localised. The world is about to enter a new period, having already entered an era in which countries that produce and export technology will enter a golden age, rather than technology consumers. What will help Turkey make this major leap will be the delivery of production in the field of technology. We build all our strategies on the localisation of technology.
The project will see the construction of 10 schools with 16 classrooms, with three being renewable energy high schools and the other seven being natural resources high schools. In our provinces, including Hatay, Trabzon, Zonguldak, Balıkesir and Sivas, fully equipped high schools with workshops, laboratories, hostels and indoor sports halls will be established, and these schools will perform a very important role in terms of both the development of energy technologies and in the mining of reserves. The education project will be conducted with the support of Nurol Holding, Sabancı Foundation, TANAP Doğalgaz İletim A.Ş. and Doğanlar Holding.