Education Trapped in a Triangle of Inequality/ Reza Herisi

In the official discourse of development, the educational system is consistently portrayed as the engine of social mobility and the embodiment of meritocracy. Ideally, this modern institution is tasked with fostering talent by providing equal opportunities regardless of class, ethnicity, or geographic origin, thereby enabling a fair distribution of societal positions. However, accumulated evidence in […]...

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The Share of Education in the National GDP Is Less Than 2% in Iran/ Reza Dehlavi

Social justice, as a subset of the principle of justice, means equal rights for all people—regardless of race, color, language, social status, or similar factors—so that each person can attain what they rightfully deserve. Justice in education, as the most critical pillar of national progress and development, refers to the availability of “opportunities” and “educational […]...

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National Unity: The Key to Sustaining Suppression in Education and Training / Arash Mohammadi

While the slogan of “national unity” has been raised as a key principle in the government of physicians, it seems that this concept is more used as a tool to maintain and perpetuate repression in some government institutions, especially the Ministry of Education. National unity, which could have meant an effort towards convergence and participation […]...

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The right to education in international documents/ Qasem Ba’adi

The value and importance of human beings, especially children, and their personal development and growth, have been the focus of global legal institutions after World War II. The issue of human rights and the right to education was defined as one of the fundamental human rights in international organization documents from that time on. Based […]...

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The challenging path of education in the new academic year / Reza Dehlooi

“I can’t handle these kids anymore, they’re constantly causing chaos and don’t pay attention to their studies. They’re not on the right path. I don’t know what parents are going through with them.” These were the words of retired teacher Sharifi, who I used to work with last school year. “I was hired thirty-five years […]...

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The Path of Students in Sistan and Baluchestan: Fatal Incidents or Dropping Out of School?/ Khalilullah Balochi

Children who are left behind from education are one of the fundamental problems of the education system in Iran, with the highest statistics belonging to the Sistan and Baluchestan province. Thirteen years after major changes in Iran’s education system, the growth rate of these children has posed a serious challenge to the education system. Official […]...

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Unsafe roads and inequality in rural areas / Keyomars Amiri

A look at the way of life of humans from the beginning until now is indicative of the fact that transportation has played and continues to play a very important role in human life. The essential need for movement and transportation throughout human life has been inevitable, and the speed and capacity of carrying goods […]...

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A few brief reflections on the crises of books in Iran / Reza Najafi

Book and reading in Iran are facing multiple crises because, on one hand, they are inheriting global problems such as the decline of the book market due to the emergence of powerful competitors like cinema, television, virtual space, and various computer games, as well as new media such as audio works, and on the other […]...

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Security’s encounter with students during nationwide protests; “Legal arrest” or “arbitrary detention”? / Moein Khazaei

On October 19th, finally, Yousef Nouri, the Minister of Education of the Islamic Republic, admitted that a number of students have been arrested during the recent nationwide protests in Iran. Although he did not provide an “exact number” of detained students, he stated: “Their number is not high and they are not that many.” According […]...

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A Critical Review of the Fundamental Transformation Document of Education and Training / Azizah Anzari Bakhsayesh

The fundamental transformation document of education and training consists of seven chapters, which were approved in seventeen sessions during the years 89 and 90 by the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. Perhaps when the officials were writing this document, the achievement of its goals, which include becoming a developed Iran with high economic, social, […]...

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“A Report on Social Gap and Inequality in Educational Opportunities/ Hattaf Farajollahi”

“Konkur, an opportunity for us to become better” A few days ago, Saeed Reza Ameli, the senior secretary of the Cultural Revolution Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, announced in an interview with Hamshahri Online: “Eighty-four percent of the accepted students in the top three thousand ranks of the entrance exam are among the […]...

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“Nardehbani, the overturned guardian of Iran’s education and training / Nader Pourkhani”

What glory comes after forty-three years of pain. Why not sit in the glorious garden, “Bagh Goli”? Before and after the revolution, our teachers never imagined that one day the country would reach a point where its most important ministry of education and training would be offered to Baghali. A country that has taken a […]...

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