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The first graduates of the " Academy for Village Heads" organized by Antep Metropolitan Municipality and Hasan Kalyoncu University have received their certificates from the Minister of National Education; Avcı.
The village heads have had lectures on "leadership, entrepreneurship, mediation, public management and communication skills".
Holding a speech on the ceremony, Minister Avcı has noted that the village heads had already possessed the skills taught in the academy yet that with the help of the certificate programme, they have learned also the new developments.
Mayor Fatma Şahin, also receiving a certificate at the ceremony, has expressed that the office of the village head was the heart of the local administration. (ÇT/DG)
* Photographs: Anadolu Agency (AA) – Antep / Kerem Kocalar