Introduction

Diyarbakır Vocational School of Social Sciences started to enroll its first students in the 2013-2014 academic year as a result of the separation of Diyarbakır Vocational School into three separate vocational schools as Diyarbakır Vocational School of Social Sciences, Diyarbakır Vocational School of Technical Sciences and Diyarbakır Vocational School of Agriculture.

As of now, our school has 6 departments, 8 programs and 1188 students. Our school, which contains all the elements necessary to train the qualified intermediate manpower needed for our country and our region in the best way, continues its development by growing more and more every year.

There are 13 fully equipped classrooms, 2 computer laboratories, 1 lecture hall, 2 special purpose laboratories in order to carry out education and training activities in the departments of our school.

Mission

To train labor force and individuals who have the maximum level of scientific and professional skills, who have adopted national and international science and technology, and who contribute to the region and our country in social, cultural and economic terms.

Vision

In order to achieve this vision; to equip our students with contemporary knowledge and technology with our current teaching staff; to train them as entrepreneurial, productive, inquisitive, competitive individuals with professional knowledge and skills at national and international level and to bring them together with our industrial stakeholders.

Our Strengths

• Presence of a dynamic and productive administrative staff at the Vocational School,
• The management of the Vocational School has a participatory approach,
• Diyarbakır Social Sciences Vocational School of Social Sciences has a central location on campus,
• Existence of scientific research infrastructure in the Vocational School,
• Providing qualified vocational education counseling and guidance services to students at the Vocational School,
• Dicle University provides health services to students through its health institutions,
• The fact that our Vocational School serves with qualified teaching staff who have experience in their field, respected and accepted in the academic environment,
• Effective internal communication in the Vocational School,
• Easy access to managers at all levels of the Vocational School,
• Vocational School Establishing good relations with institutions and organizations,
• The existence of services and facilities that facilitate the lives of students with disabilities at the Vocational School,
• Providing scholarship opportunities to students at the Vocational School,
• Existence of social and cultural activities at the Vocational School,

Weaknesses

• Failure to allocate sufficient funds for students' social facilities within the Vocational School,
• Lack of a unit within the Vocational School to communicate with our graduates,
• Insufficient staff in IT technological and technical services at our university,
• Insufficiency of academic and administrative staff at the Vocational School,
• Inadequacy of the existence of student clubs of the Vocational School,
• The low number of protocols signed by our Vocational School with institutions and organizations,
• The low number of courses whose content is renewed on a departmental basis within the scope of curriculum update studies at the Vocational School,
• Lack of a library belonging to our Vocational School,
• Excessive number of students in classes at the Vocational School,
• The high number of students per academic staff at the Vocational School,
• Insufficiency of social and cultural activities at the Vocational School,

Opportunities

• Being intertwined with Vocational Education, business world and non-governmental organizations,
• Education and research support to be provided by domestic and foreign institutions,
• Increasing need for educated and qualified intermediate labor force in the society,
• Increasing number of students aiming to receive vocational training,
• We are located in a socio-culturally rich region of the country,
• Increased opportunity to benefit from the academic synergy created with other universities,
• Universities are moving towards strong integration and cooperation with each other at the regional level,

Threats

• The establishment of a large number of new universities and the resulting need for teaching staff,
• The establishment of a large number of new universities and the resulting need for teaching staff,
• Universities increase their promotion and advertising budgets,
• Transfer opportunities from foundation universities to public universities,
• Additional resources provided by the state for universities depend on the performance of universities

Since the beginning of Dicle University Vocational education process, Vocational School of Social Sciences has been efficiently evaluating the education and training process; Many initiatives have been taken starting from the issue of vocational education; Action plans have been prepared; working groups have been established. In this direction, the basic education policies of education programs such as Mevlana, Erasmus, Bologna, Farabi have been used. As of 2013-2014, an important place has been attributed to education in line with the goal of a competitive and dynamic knowledge-based vocational education; some criteria have been set in general and vocational education; it is envisaged to place lifelong learning in a more easily accessible framework.

• Ensuring cooperation between vocational education and universities through Mevlana, Erasmus, Bologna and Farabi programs;
• Exchange programs and opportunities to study abroad;
• Innovative learning and teaching projects;
• Opportunities for academic and professional training;
• International promotion of new technologies in education and professional qualifications;
• Being open to innovation and adopting the principle of constantly moving towards new goals;
• Adhering to universal values;
• Adoption and implementation of a technology and strategy oriented approach;
• Being open to criticism with a participatory and transparent management approach,
• Adopting to use resources economically, effectively and efficiently;
• Describing to be a pioneer in academic and scientific studies;
• Adopting impartial behavior in favor of fairness and justice;
• Respecting human rights and freedoms;
• Adopting quality education as a principle;
• Internalizing social and cultural values;
• Respecting labor and valuing merit;
• Recognizing differences and multiculturalism as a richness

Aims and Objectives:

Diyarbakır Vocational School of Social Sciences, to satisfy our students and employees, to continuously improve and develop our quality management system, to provide high level education and training services with environmental awareness and modern technology.

Our Objective:

The main purpose of our Vocational School in relation to education and training is to train its students with a qualified and continuous education program, primarily to train vocational intermediate staff that our country needs. When our students graduate, we aim to raise individuals who can minimize the intermediate staff problems of our society by achieving the highest standard in vocational education of our country, equipped with knowledge, skills and attitudes, contributing to vocational education, giving importance to ethical values and as a good individual, being an example and leader to the society.

Our Goal

It is necessary to meet the need of the society for intermediate staff who can catch up with today's developing communication and technology age, constantly improve themselves professionally, identify problems and produce solutions. It is important for companies to train experts and academicians in vocational education to meet this need. As Turkey's population increases, the demand for the right to education, which is one of the most fundamental rights of people, increases. This increase also poses the problem of providing an educational environment for every individual. In order to overcome this problem, Computer Technologies are utilized to the maximum extent. In these days when computers and the Internet have entered every aspect of our lives, it is inevitable to utilize computers and the Internet in educational environments. The Internet is becoming an important teaching tool in providing students with learning skills throughout their lives. Businesses need qualified intermediate manpower in order to follow this rapidly developing technology, to compete and to realize their goals, and to train intermediate manpower in the desired qualifications is the aim and goal of educational institutions, especially Vocational Schools.

Determining the need for vocational education:

In today's rapidly advancing technology, there is a need for intermediate staff and technicians in the IT sector. Vocational education graduates are needed in almost every field from education to industry, private sector, public institutions, municipalities and many other places. Vocational colleges are the educational institutions where intermediate staff requirements are met and trained. It is very important to determine the content of the education programs in these schools and the adequacy of the teaching staff and training materials and the extent to which the technical education provided meets the needs of the sector.

Reshaping of occupational requirements with the introduction of new technologies:

Developments in the technical field directly affect the business world and lead to changes in the business world. The importance of technological education is increasing day by day with the developing computer technologies and a quality vocational education organized according to the developing and changing environment. It is not possible to train qualified personnel needed by the market only with academic education. Vocational education given in Vocational Schools creates employment in many fields. Efficient workforce and the use of computer technologies with vocational education significantly close the need for intermediate staff of professions. Vocational Schools have an important share in the training of technical and vocational intermediate staff, which constitute an important part of the business world. For this reason, we have to meet the informatics needs of some sectors that make maximum use of computer technologies, which are intertwined with all kinds of sectors, and to reveal how much of this need is met.

With the Pandemic Process, technology is being utilized more and more, and professional qualifications are changing.

With the Pandemic Process, there is a need for intermediate staff and technicians in the IT sector today, where technology is advancing rapidly. Computer technology employees are needed in almost every field from education to industry, private sector, public institutions, municipalities and many other fields. Vocational colleges are the educational institutions where intermediate staff requirements are met and trained. It is very important to determine the content of the education programs in these schools and the adequacy of the teaching staff and training materials and the extent to which the technical education provided meets the needs of the sector. During the pandemic process, many companies and institution officials want to make the best use of their staff, improve service quality and increase competitiveness. The only way to do this is through personnel who are well and adequately trained, who can utilize computer technologies at a very good level, and who can provide better quality service and production in less time.

The importance of training intermediate staff who meet the sectoral requirements of public institutions and private sector companies and who can use technology so quickly and effectively:

From time to time, it is reported in the press that institutions have difficulties in finding workers with the desired education and skills. In order to meet the demand for intermediate staff, many institutions, the Ministry of National Education and İş Kur, open public education courses and vocational training courses and attract attention. It is also very important that individuals receiving vocational training train themselves in the best way and strive to gain qualifications that can meet sectoral needs. A well-trained employee is a sought-after employee throughout his/her business life. Vocational educators must continuously develop their skills in technological change as well as social and cultural evolution and be able to reflect this change in their classrooms. Further training of teachers, especially in terms of professional, teaching and socio-political views, is considered necessary.