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August 2020

Most Important Goals of BOOM project: Trusting School Principals

Submitted by manager2 on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 15:26

The secretary of the Special School Program known as BOOM Project said that the implementation of this plan would reduce the focus on the country's education planning system.

Explaining about the BOOM project Dr. Azim Mohebbi said: “Based on this project, schools are allowed to design and implement appropriate programs for students based on their own needs for up to 60 hours of school official time. It means that the design and implementation of these 60-hour programs is entrusted to schools.”

NRI to Bring Renewable Energy to Iranian Schools

Submitted by manager2 on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 14:44

Director of Renewable Energy Department of Niroo Research Institute (NRI) said the institute has defined a new program for the promotion and expansion of the use of renewable energy sources in schools, IRNA reported.

 

The program titled "Development of Renewable Energy in Schools" has been already started in the NRI’s Renewable Energy Department, Shahriar Bozorgmehri said.

Online Training of 60,000 School Principals for "BOOM" Project

Submitted by manager2 on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 14:24

The head of the Organization for Educational Research and Planning announced that more than 60,000 school principals across the country will receive online education in order to better implement the Special School Program known as BOOM.

 “60,000 school principals are to be trained online in their schools to implement Special School Program known as BOOM. In addition, 8 schools from each province that have performed best in the last two years will be introduced.”

Mandegar Alborz High School Alborz High School is one of the most prestigious and old educational centers in Tehran and one of the first educational symbols in Iran after the Academy of Arts. This school is named Alborz because of the view of the Alborz

Submitted by omidi on Sat, 08/22/2020 - 14:10

Special Educational Channel for Exceptional Students Launched

Submitted by manager2 on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 16:08

The head of the Exceptional Education Organization announced the launch of a special educational channel for exceptional students with 824 sub-channels on the Shad network.

Seyed Javad Hosseini described the features of this channel and its sub-categories as full coverage of the courses of five pre-school, elementary, first secondary, first pre-vocational and second secondary vocational courses.

80% of Customers Satisfaction with Iranian Stationery Items

Submitted by manager2 on Mon, 08/17/2020 - 14:50

Mohammad Yaghini, the managing director of the Iranian-Islamic Stationery Association, known as Iran Nevesht noted: Nine years ago, more than 90% of the stationery market was filled with foreign products.

“Now, more than 100 producers are manufacturing Iranian-Islamic stationery items and today we are celebrating the eighth anniversary of forming this association.”

Iran’s stationery market’s annual turnover now is about 60 trillion rials ( $257 million).

Schools to Reopen in Iran Based on Odd-Even Plan: Education Minister

Submitted by manager2 on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 07:18

Students will go to school on an odd-even plan in the new educational year as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in the country, Iran’s education minister announced.

All schools in Iran will reopen on September 5, Mohsen Haji Mirzaee said on Wednesday.

He added that students of both urban and rural schools with high population density will be divided into two groups in the new school year, some attending on even days and some on odd days.

UK PM Talks of Schools Reopening in September

Submitted by manager2 on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 11:59

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said reopening schools in September was a social, economic, and moral imperative.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said reopening schools in September was a social, economic, and moral imperative and insisted they would be able to operate safely despite the ongoing threat from the pandemic.

His comments follow a study earlier this month which warned that Britain risks a second wave of COVID-19 this winter twice as large as the initial outbreak if schools reopening happens without an improved test-and-trace system.

Georgia Teachers Protest Plan to Return to In-Person Learning

Submitted by manager2 on Sun, 08/09/2020 - 10:44

Classes begin online next week for students in Gwinnett County, the biggest school district in Georgia, but officials plan to bring at least some students back to in-person classes by the end of the month.

The plan is raising concerns for some teachers, who are sounding the alarm with protest.

“It seems like standardized test scores matter a whole lot to this county,” protester Brian Westlake said. “But Covid test scores don’t seem to matter enough.”