Abstract:

Objective: The aim of this study is to measure the level of knowledge of the people about the education and general functioning of the existing Imam-Hatip schools, to evaluate their thoughts and to identify the related factors. Materials and Methods: Volunteers aged over 13 years participated in the study, and data from different regions were obtained by face-to-face interview and e-survey methodologies the metropolitan city. The type of the research was cross-sectional, and it was completed in six months. Pollsters received training on how to collect data. Questions in the survey were determined by brainstorming method according to the information obtained from the sources. Results: A total of 1137 volunteers participated in the study and 65. 5% were male, more than half were in the age group of 18-29, more than half were educated with Marmara, Central Anatolia or Mediterranean culture, and about half of them were university graduates, and 6% of them were literate. About 80% of the participants have general knowledge about IHLs, about half of them do not know about the courses taught in IHL, 84% of them know that they have science courses in these schools. As source of information about these schools, 29% of them media and 51% face to face communication. When the perception levels of the people are evaluated, 56% of the students stated that they have national and spiritual values, 68% of them are people who are compatible with the society, 69% of them depend on traditions, and 36% of them think that they consider IHL’s students as positive in general. In addition, the relationship between the socio-demographic characteristics and the answers were examined and the results were found that variable. Conclusion: There are many Imam-Hatip schools in our country that provide education in today's technology and knowledge level. In particular, seeing that the students educated in the Imam Hatip schools, which are included in the successful classification, have remarkable positive features in all respects, will increase the interest in these schools in the future. As a result of this study, it is concluded that there is a positive relationship between the perception of society and the level of knowledge about IHL. In addition, among women, and people aged 18-29 should be informed more about IHL. The awareness / recognition rate of the successful IHL schools is around 30%, despite the fact that it is a research conducted in the region where they are predominant. For this reason, the educational contents of the successful Imam-Hatip schools and the introduction of their graduates to a wider audience will affect the positive perception even more.

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