Connection between Migration Phenomenon and Education in Emirdag

Migration is an important social phenomenon. Migration affects not only the migrants individually but also the people staying in the migrants’ country. Emirdag is one of the regions where the migration is populously experienced in Turkey. Every society forming the social structure in Emirdag district is affected by migration processes. Education is the most important one of these societies. The students continuing their education are the children of the people of Emirdag who have closely experienced the migration phenomenon. This study aims to designate how the emigration phenomenon affects the education in Emirdag and to reveal how this effect occurs specific to student, teacher and family which are three important factors of education. 878 high school students living in Emirdag and 5 teachers working in different schools participated in the study. This study in which both quantitative and qualitative data collection tools were used is a descriptive field research designed as a survey model. Quantitative data were interpreted via crosstabs and descriptive analysis was used in interpreting qualitative data. To the findings of the study, emigration phenomenon in Emirdag affects the education negatively