Iranian education system
14 wounded in latest field trip accident
Another bus carrying Iranian students on a field trip to southern Iran has overturned on the road, wounding fourteen passengers. » read more
Secular professors not wanted: Minister
Iran’s Minister of Science and Technology insists that Iranian universities want “no secular professors.” » read more
Nobel laureate calls on UN to protect Iranian women
Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi has written to the United Nations to protest the Islamic Republic’s recent policies toward women. » read more
Minister to explain reduced female enrollment
The head of the Education and Research Commission of Iran’s Parliament has announced that Iran’s Science Minister has been summoned to Parliament to explain the recent restrictions against the acceptance of women in a number of university programs. » read more
Fewer female students admitted to university
Yazd University has limited its acceptance of women in engineering programs for the coming academic year. » read more
Journalism scrapped from top university
Allameh Tabatabai University in Tehran will not accept any journalism students for the coming year. Enrollment into journalism in the current year was also closed. » read more
Iranian mosques to offer day care services
The Welfare Organization of Iran has announced plans for the establishment of 100 day cares in the country's mosques. » read more
Dance and song to be omitted from preschool programs
The head of Iran’s Welfare Organization has warned preschool and daycare centres against teaching “immoral programs such as dancing” to children. » read more
Protesters won’t get grants: minister
Iran’s Minister of Science announced that his department will cut off bursaries and grants to students connected with the post-election protests of 2009. » read more
Role of clergy to expand in Iranian schools
Educators are to undergo extra training by the clergy, the Iranian Ministry of Education has announced. » read more














