Zahra Malik

İstanbul ENKA Okulları / ENKA Schools Istanbul

ENKA Schools Istanbul Overview Founded in 1996, ENKA Schools Istanbul educates a total of 1,237 students in pre-school, primary school, middle school and high school with a student centred and constructivist approach to teaching and learning. ENKA Schools Istanbul aim to lay the intellectual and behavioural foundations that will prepare and motivate students to develop to the full extent of their capacities, to employ the mental and moral habits that foster freedom of thought and action, and to seek to be leading citizens of Turkey or their country of origin. Established with the aim of being a model of modern education, recognized in Turkey and internationally for our forward-thinking educational practices, ENKA Schools Istanbul is progressing steadily towards its goal. Well established and well respected within the Turkish educational system, the school currently employs 173 teachers, 41 of whom are international and a total of 258 academic and administrative staff. ENKA Schools Istanbul boasts world class facilities. The schools occupy an area of more than 50,000 m2 within the ENKA Sadi Gülçelik Sports Complex with the school buildings providing 21,450 m2 of usage area in total. The school facilities are housed in two main buildings. The primary school and high school buildings consist of four floors and four blocks. The pre-school is housed in a separate specially designed building and has its own separate play area. The range of facilities exhibits the special importance ENKA places on contemporary education, sports, and the arts. In addition to modern, purpose-built classrooms, the school's academic facilities include three full science laboratories, an auditorium, three libraries totaling 40,000 volumes, computer laboratories, two design rooms, and a multimedia room.