The Conditional Cash Transfer for Education (CCTE) Programme

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Türkiye has a successful Conditional Cash Transfers for Education (CCTE) since 2003. Millions of families and children have benefited from the National CCTE programme for more than 15 years. In 2017, under the partnership of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services, the Ministry of National Education, Turkish Red Crescent and UNICEF, this National CCTE Programme was extended to cover school-age refugee children residing in Türkiye under temporary/international protection. The programme is funded by the European Union, and governments of Norway and the US.

The eligibility rules and transfer values that are applied to Turkish children in the national CCTE programme also apply to Syrian and other refugee beneficiaries in the CCTE for Refugees programme. The families receive cash support every two months on the condition that the child has attended school regularly (at least 80%) in the preceding school months. Students enrolled in Turkish public schools and Accelerated Learning Programmes are all eligible to benefit from the programme.

CCTE for Refugees has cash and child protection components. Through its child protection component, protection services are provided by specialised outreach teams to families whose children have stopped receiving the CCTE payments due to lack of sufficient attendance (missing 4 or more days of school in a month).  A risk assessment is carried out by the Turkish Red Crescent outreach case workers and, if needed, children and their families are referred to the relevant services and supported in accessing them.