With the encouragement and support of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), MEDEK was established to contribute to a qualified workforce within the framework of Türkiye's strategic development plans and to improve the qualifications of vocational schools and their graduates. Driven by this motivation and with the support of our universities, the Vocational Education Evaluation and Accreditation Association (MEDEK) was established in 2021. In 2023, the Association received accreditation authority from the Higher Education Quality Board (YÖKAK) for 83 vocational school programs to ensure the assessment of vocational school programs' compliance with established standards, quality criteria, and performance benchmarks.
Mission
MEDEK's mission is to provide information, external evaluation, and accreditation services to improve the quality of associate degree programs. Thus, it supports the raising of education and training standards.
Vision
MEDEK's vision is to be an organization that certifies the quality of its workforce by appropriately defining the education, research activities, and administrative processes of associate degree programs according to national and international standards, and to share the results with relevant institutions.
