Education in IranBy: Allison Inman

Motivation for Learning Education in Iran is very lecture-based,

test driven, and quite opposite from STEM education. Memorization of facts is a large part of studying and the students are required to acquire a very large amount of information in order to pass the end-of-year exam.

End-of-Year Exam The end-of-year exam determines your

passing to the next grade level. Without a passing score, students must repeat the entire year of schooling.

Literacy As of 2002, 77% of

the population is literate.

83.5% of men are literate.

70.4% of women are literate.

Textbooks Textbooks in Iran are vastly different

from those in the U.S. A typical textbook in Iran is paperbound, filled with complex language, and filled with little to no pictures/drawings.

The Ministry of Education in Iran publishes the textbooks.

Attendance Schools are attended Saturday-Thurday.

All schools are closed on Fridays and national/religious holidays.

School is in session for 200 days a year. Students are projected to attend school

for about 13 year. (both male and female)

Uniforms Students in Iran

wear school uniforms or have a very strict dress code. It depends on the school.

Language/Foreign Language School is taught in

Farsi. Foreign languages-

English (most common)

Arabic (most common) German (International

schools only) French (International

schools only)

Grading System The grading

system is usually based on a scale which ranges from 0-20 A= 17-20 B=14-16.9 C=12-13.9 D=10-11.9

“Brain-Drain” Iran suffers from many of its educated

citizens leaving the country. Every year, approximately 150,000 educated citizens leave. This is often called brain drain.

Some causes for this include An unemployment rate of 11% Higher education in other countries Lack of educational resources

Graduation The high school diploma is awarded at

the end of twelfth grade as of 1990. Before 1990 it was awarded at the end

of 11th grade.

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