![]() Both teachers and students had concerns about lack of reading materials and poor facilities and services in public and school libraries in Turkey. Libraries are important places to assist inculcate children’s and young people’s love of reading and provide free access to reading materials and sources but Turkish young people were not frequent users of libraries. The qualitative findings indicated that there was little awareness of the campaign in high schools. It was indicated that the majority of the students reported that they were aware of the ‘100 Basic Literary Works’ reading campaign but, in fact, they knew of the campaign in upper-primary school. The students from science high schools and Southern East Anatolia Region read more frequently. It was found that females were more frequent and enthusiastic readers than males. The study found that 82.0% of young people in general read at least once or twice a week outside school for at least 30 minutes and 40.6% read every day or almost every day for leisure. The data was gathered thorough questionnaires with 2425 students from 86 high schools of 5 different types and interviews with 31 students, 15 teachers and 4 local education managers. The study was conducted in 8 provinces and 8 districts of Turkey in 2012. In addition, the study examined current efforts to encourage students to read. Moreover, the study investigated the association between the students’ reading habits and their gender, school type and region. ![]() ![]() It also explored how students are influenced by family, teacher and peer group. This study investigated the reading habits of Turkish high school students. Turkey launched a nationwide reading campaign targeting high school students in 2004, and another one aimed at primary school students in 2005 which is called the ‘100 Basic Literary Works’ reading campaign. Because of the importance of reading, children and adolescents are encouraged to read by their parents, teachers and sometimes by national reading campaigns as an educational policy. Reading improves the thinking ability by giving new concepts and ideas and enhances vocabulary and language which is essential in verbal communication. The ability of reading is an important part of teaching literacy and language acquisition. Often international data sources are consulted. ![]() ![]() At the national level, no efforts have been made on a single platform to evaluate the overall scientific and technological achievements of the multi-layered S&T system in India. A few studies, with specific purposes, have been undertaken at different points of time to evaluate the performance of institutions based on various S&T statistics, for example, in the context of restructuring scientific institutions, creating centralised facilities, cost cutting, and improving productivity. Further, studies of the impact of Indian science on society and national development are often based on sporadic, outdated, and scattered Indian reports. An important factor contributing to such images of S&T efforts in the country is the paucity of reliable data in an accessible and timely manner. Unfortunately, no systematic and comprehensive empirical assessment of S&T efforts is available in the Indian context, resulting in a relatively chaotic and contradictory picture of the national efforts in S&T. These country reports are an important component in reconstructing national S&T priorities and have played a large part in funding and monitoring S&T programmes in these countries. COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE MONITOR THE health of their scientific and technological activities through ‘national science reports’. ![]()
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