Voicing the Voice of Senior Academic Administrators on Education System in Northern Cyprus

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the perceptions of senior academic administrators in Northern Cyprus Ministry of Education on the current education system. That is to say the structure of the education system as a whole. In order to carry out this study, 14 senior academic administrators’ point of view has been taken by using semi-structured interviews. There is no doubt that in qualitative research semi-structured interviewing is a flexible and powerful tool to capture the voices and the ways people make meaning of their experiences (Kvale, 2007). This study is a case study. As Yin (2009a:18) stated: “An empirical inquiry about contemporary phenomenon (e.g., “case”), set within its own real-worldcontext – especially when the boundaries between phenomenon and context are not clearly evident”. Therefore, by reflecting upon the current education system in North Cyprus as a ‘case’, the authors tried to show the real context of the education system itself. The data collected from the semi-structured interviews were analyzed by using content analysis. According to the findings of this research study, the current education system must be re-constructed considering the curriculum, strategies in teaching and learning approaches, building up collaborative and student-centered classrooms, applying active learning strategies and voicing the voice of the senior academic administrators during the decision-making process.