Scholarship Project Increased the Attendance to Textile and Leather Engineering

 

The scholarship and employment project for the students who preferred textile and leather engineering department, which was implemented through the protocol signed among Clothing and Apparel Exporters Association, Textile and Raw Materials Exporters Association, Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association, Turkey Textile Industry Employers Association and the Higher Education Board (YOK) yielded result. Quotas were filled up to 92%. No vacancies have been left in most of the Textile and Leather Engineering departments of many universities including Istanbul Technical, Marmara, Aegean, Dokuz Eylül and Uludağ universities and the base points have increased by 100 points. Speaking at a joint press conference and evaluating the results of the project, President of Istanbul Ready-to-Wear and Apparel Exporters Association (İHKİB), Mustafa Gültepe said:

 

 

“We gave great importance to the Textile Engineering Scholarship and Employment Project together with all our stakeholders. We have announced that we will provide minimum wage with the most successful 20.000 young people who prefer textile engineering, 70% of the minimum wage for those between 20 and 50.000, and 50% of the minimum wage for the rest between 50 and 80.000. While in 2018, only 42% of the quotas were filled, this year, this reached up to 92% according to the first applications.”

 

Mustafa Şenocak, President of Istanbul Leather and Leather Products Exporters Association (İDMİB), who pointed out that the leather engineering quota was completely filled, said: “We believe that qualified labor force will provide the most important added value to the sector. In this context, we aimed to bring successful students to our sector. We promised employment support at the end of the scholarship project in which we ensure up to 100% of minimum wage and trainings. The leather engineering department, which has been unable to fill its quota for many years, has recently filled 100% of its quota. In addition to this increase in preferences, the base and ceiling scores of the department also boosted significantly.”