Konya Selçuklu Mehmet Tuza Pakpen Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School teachers and students train qualified personnel for the defense industry by collaborating with the suppliers of the country’s important defense industry companies. School Principal Sait Bulut said that they provided education to 518 students in the fields of machinery and design technology, industrial automation technologies and metal technology.
Stating that it has been realized that today’s industrial technology needs vocational high schools more than anything else, Bulut said, “Now, not only our elders, but also citizens from all levels and ages have understood how important vocational high schools are. In this sense, the demand for our school is quite high. This makes us very happy. The future is now in the hands of these young people.” he said. “After our graduating students say the name of the school, employers immediately provide employment.” Bulut emphasized that students who graduate from high school have the title of “technician” and said: “All of our students here see things related to their profession, both theoretically and practically.
60 percent of our students continue their higher education in engineering faculties and other faculties, and the remaining 40 percent continue in the market in their own professional fields. Within the scope of the protocol we signed with the Organized Industrial Zone Directorate, all our students are provided with free shuttle service and free lunch is provided here. 120 of our students receive scholarships within this scope.
After our graduating students say the name of the school, employers immediately provide employment. There is always employment in the Organized Industrial Zone, but only qualified employment. “We also provide these conditions.” Machinery and Design Technology Field Workshop Chief Ali Demir explained that students in the field of defense mechanical systems started to receive training on CNC machines from the 10th grade, and that they took computer drawing, design and production courses from the 11th grade.
Demir emphasized that the students also know the quality standards used in the defense industry and said that this is very valuable for supplier companies. “We have many students from our graduates who work in the defense industry.” Expressing that they get qualified jobs in the defense industry and aviation, Demir said: “We try to ensure that the students grow up in the defense industry production ecosystem. When our students come here, they see that a job is actually being done in the defense industry and that they have a share in this work.
Our students take classes on the products used in very large defense industry companies. After they leave here, we bring the videos of the products they produce and show them to the children. Sometimes, if the conditions are suitable, we take the students to the usage areas of those products.” “They go and see it live. This is a great source of motivation for many of our graduates who work in the defense industry.” Demir explained that the main suppliers of large defense industry companies contact them when they encounter any problems, and said that they produce solutions in coordination with the companies and either make prototypes or start producing new products.
Explaining that the students also made their own designs, Demir continued: “We made the unmanned land vehicle ‘Porsuk’ 4-5 years ago, which made a lot of noise. Since I am closely interested in the field of aviation, I also make designs for the problems there. For example, we developed a drone release device. We presented it to TÜBİTAK. 80 percent of the products we produce here are actually our design. Students are also involved in the design.
This is very important for the development of children’s sense of belonging.” 11th grade student Havvanur İnci stated that she chose this school because she wants to be a mechanical engineer and said, “I can use all the machines in our workshop. I think I am technically good for the engineering department.” he said. Source: AA
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