The Educational Geography of Manisa Province

Education is one of the leading factors which brings a nation into existence. education, which makes progress or regress depending on many factors such as economic development, population, family structure, customs and traditions, has a history as old as human history. the amount of population which is among the factors effecting the education level, has an important place in the struggling life of the nations for centuries. from this point of view, various topics related with the population of our country such as distribution of the population, gender status, population of urban and rural areas and education level of the population have a vital importance. the main purpose of our study is revealing the educational status of manisa province. in accordance with this purpose, the data obtained from manisa provincial directorate for national education and turkish statistical institution have been used in our study. besides that, the related studies conducted before has been mentioned too as the occasion arises. as a result, educational geography of the population of the province has been tried to be revealed by putting emphasis on some of the indicators which reflects the education status of manisa province.