Darıca Fen Lisesi

What Darıca Fen Lisesi does

Darıca Fen Lisesi is a public science high school located in the Piri Reis neighborhood of Darıca district, Kocaeli province, Türkiye, operated under the Turkish Ministry of National Education (Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı). Founded in 2011 as Darıca Anadolu Öğretmen Lisesi and reclassified as a Fen Lisesi (science high school) in 2014, the institution delivers secondary education in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, Turkish literature, English, and history to 359 students across 18 classrooms, staffed by 31 teachers. Students are admitted through Turkey's national LGS (High School Placement Exam) system, and no tuition is charged; operating funding flows from the national education budget supplemented by voluntary parent-teacher association contributions.

The school's core technology stack is conventional educational infrastructure: it participates in Turkey's FATIH Project (Movement to Increase Opportunities and Technology), maintains BT (Information Technologies) classrooms and dedicated Physics, Chemistry, and Biology laboratories, and supplements instruction with a programming and robotics track (9th-grade Python, 10th-grade robotic coding with YouTube tutorial support). Beyond core classroom delivery, the institution produces a digital magazine ('Ses'), an audiobook collection of student-narrated literary works, and operates the DFL TV YouTube channel for event coverage and digital safety content. Its library holds 8,113 books, and it sustains engagement with TÜBİTAK 4006, TÜBİTAK 2204, Teknofest, MEB ROBOT, and KODELIG competitions, as well as regional LBU science symposiums.

Commercially, the institution is not a revenue-generating enterprise. It operates a government-funded subscription model in the sense that annual education budgets are allocated centrally, with no direct fees paid by student-families. Distribution is single-channel through the LGS national exam, with marketing limited to Ministry of Education platforms (e-Okul, EBA), the school website (daricafenlisesi.meb.k12.tr), and the DFL TV channel. International partnerships — including Erasmus+ mobilities with Portuguese and Spanish schools, Comenius multilateral projects with six European country partners, and eTwinning collaborations — form the primary extension beyond core domestic operations. Recent outcome signals include two students ranking in Turkey's top 1,000 on the 2026 YKS university entrance exam and one student qualifying for the TÜBİTAK Science Olympiads Biology Phase 2 from a pool of 20,828 applicants.

Name

Darıca Fen Lisesi

Legal name

Darıca Fen Lisesi

Website

https://daricafenlisesi.meb.k12.tr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Darıca Fen Lisesi is a public Turkish science high school under the Ministry of National Education, serving 359 students in Darıca, Kocaeli through science-focused secondary education funded by the state budget and delivered via the national LGS admissions system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Darıca

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government-Funded Public Education: As a public school under Turkey's Ministry of National Education (MEB), the school operates on government funding. No direct revenue is generated from students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Darıca Fen Lisesi is a public science-focused high school (grades 9-12) located in Darıca, Kocaeli, Turkey, operated by the Turkish Ministry of National Education. It delivers secondary education with an emphasis on mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, supplemented by Python programming and robotics courses, preparing students for the national university entrance exam (YKS) and STEM careers. Admission is through the national LGS placement exam and instruction is provided tuition-free at the physical campus.

Product overview

Darıca Fen Lisesi, 2011-2012 eğitim öğretim yılında kurulan ve Kocaeli Darıca'da faaliyet gösteren bir fen lisesidir. Kurum, fen bilimleri alanında üstün nitelikli öğrenciler yetiştirmeyi amaçlayan ana eğitim hizmetinin yanı sıra, öğrenci çalışmalarını dijital ortama taşıyan ürünler sunmaktadır. Bu ürünler arasında 'Ses' dijital dergisi, öğrenci seslendirmeli 'Sesli Kitaplar' koleksiyonu ve okul etkinliklerinin paylaşıldığı 'DFL TV' YouTube kanalı yer almaktadır. Eğitim programı kapsamında Python programlama ve robotik kodlama dersleri de verilmektedir.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Darıca Fen Lisesi Science High School Education Service Four-year public science-focused secondary education (Grades 9-12) with emphasis on mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, including Python programming (Grade 9) and robotic coding (Grade 10). Prepares students for the Turkish university entrance exam (YKS). Tuition-free, government-funded.
• Ses Dijital Dergi (Ses Digital Magazine)

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• IES Melendez Valdes (Spain)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 April 2023Erasmus+ long-term student mobility. Students Eren Kağan Işık and Enes Erva Özgül spent one month (April 30 - May 31, 2023) at the school in Villafranca de los Barros.
• Agrupamento de Escolas de Santa Maria da Feir (Portugal)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 September 2022Erasmus+ student group mobility project 'From Source to Page - The Power of Words' conducted from September 26-30, 2022. Students created stories, dictionaries, and idioms compilations together.
• BlueRibbon Consortium (Lithuania, France, Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Italy)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 September 2012Comenius multilateral partnership project 'Blue Ribbon - European Waterways as Cultural Infrastructures' (2012-2014). Coordinated by Italy, involved 6 European countries studying waterways and cultural heritage.
• European eTwinning PlatformcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMultiple eTwinning projects including 'Communication Rocks', 'Medicines Can Be Poison', 'Treasure in the Box', 'On My Way to Being A Scientist', 'S.I.G.N', and 'From Source to Page - The Power of Words'.
• TÜBİTAKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in TÜBİTAK 4006 Science Olympiads, TÜBİTAK2204 student research projects, and regional science symposiums.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• İzmir Fen Lisesi: Public science high school in İzmir serving a similar role of preparing high-LGS-scoring students for STEM university programs; operates under identical MEB Fen Lisesi structure.
• İstanbul Fen Lisesi: Public Turkish science high school with similar mission of preparing students for STEM careers and university entrance; operates under the same MEB Fen Lisesi framework with comparable curriculum and selection via LGS.
• Ankara Fen Lisesi: One of Turkey's most prestigious public science high schools; competes with Darıca Fen Lisesi for top LGS-scoring students and is structurally identical in mission, governance, and STEM emphasis.
• Bursa Fen Lisesi: Public science high school in Bursa operating under the same MEB framework with comparable STEM-focused curriculum and university-preparation mission.
• Kocaeli Fen Lisesi: Public science high school located in the same Kocaeli province, directly competing with Darıca Fen Lisesi for the same local top-tier students selected via LGS.

Broad incumbents

• Robert College: Highly established private Turkish school offering rigorous STEM preparation and university placement; competes for top students in the Istanbul/Turkey region though as a private, fee-based institution with broader curriculum.
• Üsküdar American Academy: Private Istanbul high school with international curriculum and strong university placement record; overlaps in mission of preparing top students for elite STEM programs but serves a different fee-paying demographic.
• Koç School: Private Turkish K-12 school with strong STEM and university-prep track record; comparable in student outcomes focus but distinct in funding model (private tuition) and broader curriculum scope.

Others

• EBA (Eğitim Bilişim Ağı): Turkey's national education technology platform operated by MEB; functions as an enabling infrastructure provider rather than competitor, supporting Darıca Fen Lisesi's digital learning delivery.
• TÜBİTAK Science Olympiads Program: Turkey's national science olympiad organizer; not a competitor but a key ecosystem partner with which Darıca Fen Lisesi engages through olympiad participation, research projects, and recognition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@daricafenlisesi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dar%C4%B1ca-fen-lisesi

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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