Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin shared the progress made in education over the last 25 years at the '5th Workshop on Determining, Developing and Monitoring Students' Vocabulary' held in Gaziantep. Tekin stated that the number of classrooms, which was approximately 350 thousand in the 2002-2003 academic year, has now increased to 750 thousand, and teacher appointments have reached 830 thousand. Additionally, internet access has been provided in 650 thousand classrooms, and Turkey is a world leader in the use of interactive whiteboards. The minister said that within the scope of the Turkey Century Maarif Model, they aim for children to learn the civilization accumulation of thousands of years and to be proud of these values. In this context, playing traditional children's games in schoolyards is encouraged, and 100 traditional games have been identified with trainers assigned for their teaching. Tekin emphasized that games are an important tool in cultural transmission. Furthermore, to improve native language skills, measurement and evaluation methods in Turkish and Turkish Language and Literature courses in secondary and high schools have been renewed, and new approaches based on four skills have been implemented instead of grammar memorization methods. The minister stated that thanks to these efforts, children will speak better Turkish within a few years and that native language skills play a fundamental role in increasing foreign language learning and academic success.