Anatolian High Schools Improvement Project

In 2022, we continued with our works on the school climate improvement model.

In 2017, our Foundation launched the Anatolian High Schools Improvement Project in our educational institutions: the Hacı Sabancı Anatolian High School, Sakıp Sabancı Anatolian High School, and Özdemir Sabancı Emirgan Anatolian High School.

The project includes improving the educational equipment, laboratories, and information technologies classrooms and supporting English language education with native English-speaking teachers.

The School Climate Assessment and Development Project implemented at Hacı Sabancı Anatolian High School was extended to Borsa Istanbul Başakşehir Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School in 2020 following the protocol signed with Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education.

Subsequently, the pilot project was adjusted to state schools, excluding the Foundation's institutions. In 2022, we signed a protocol with the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National School to extend the School Climate Assessment and Development Project to 78 schools in all districts of Istanbul and set off on training programs. We also designed a "Social-Emotional Development Support Program" to spread project acquisitions and to ensure the sustainability of efforts regarding the school as an integrated entity consisting of students, teachers, administrators, parents, and counseling units. The program was transferred to Sakıp Sabancı Anatolian High School and implemented comprehensively for three years in a row. It will be simplified in practice for the 2022–2023 academic year.


Sakıp Sabancı Anatolian High School, one of the most successful Anatolian high schools in Turkey, first initiated a language preparatory course, then incorporated the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme with the support of our Foundation. The students achieved top scores in numerous national competitions and projects.

As of the 2022-2023 academic year, Dilek Sabancı Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School was converted to a high school, including an information technologies course, an entrance exam, and a language preparatory course. The hardware in the information technology classrooms was upgraded. Enerjisa Istanbul Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School launched education in the 2022–2023 academic year with four preparatory courses on renewable energy in the Dilek Sabancı Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School building. The school will move to its own building once the construction is completed.