Education
Among the social responsibility areas that Borusan covers, education is among the most highly prioritized.
The Borusan Kocabıyık Foundation has completed the constructions of Zehra Nurhan Kocabıyık Primary School, Gemlik Borusan Primary School, Borusan Asım Kocabıyık Technical and Industrial Vocational High School, Kocaeli University Asım Kocabıyık Vocational College and Uludağ University Asım Kocabıyık Vocational College, as well as the restoration of Istanbul University’s Faculty of Economy Library.
The “Project for Sustainable Quality Improvement in Education” was initiated in 2009 at Uludağ University Gemlik Asım Kocabıyık Vocational College, the construction of which was undertaken by BKF.
The project won accolades in the area of educational quality, receiving the “EFQM Certificate of Determination” in 2009, the “Quality in Education Jury Encouragement Award” and the “Competency in Excellence 3-Star Certificate” in 2012, as well as the “Quality Success Award” in 2013, and the “Grand Prize” and “Competency in Excellence 5-Star Certificate” in 2014. In addition, BKF granted scholarships to 174 students in 2018: 30 classical music undergraduate students were granted scholarship.
Approximately 9,342 books were sent to 41 school libraries across the country in 2018.
The project also won the “Turkey Excellence Grand Prize” in 2016, gaining the distinctive position of the first and only vocational high school to receive the award in its first year of applying.