Primary Education Department Explores Expectations, Needs

Attending the Organization for Educational Research and Planning, the Deputy of the Ministry of Education expressed her views, expectations and issues regarding the curriculum in the fields of education and learning.

Dr. Rezvan Hakimzadeh, the deputy of Primary Education, spoke about the Quranic schools and education and its characteristics, as well as the dignity of students. Then she explored their programs and efforts, including:

-  Eliminating of tests and testing in elementary school,

- Prohibiting of the use of educational aid books in schools

-Avoiding memorizing and employing skill-oriented tasks,

-Noting the role of the teacher as a model for students

-Getting closer  the real life of students

In this meeting high ranking officials of the Elementary Education Department and officials from Training and Learning Department were present as well as experts and the deputy and the advisor of the Organization for Educational Research and Planning. Some officials from the department of Learning Packages were also present.

Dr. Rezvan Hakimzadeh then focused on curricula and said: We should have a macro- view of the curriculum and not limit ourselves to the textbook and what happens inside the school.

Noting the ‘integrated approach’ in curricula, especially in the primary school; involving all parties (students, teachers and parents) and listening to their request, considering the differences for the audience (individual differences, especially for nomads, etc.) whole forming a curricula, considering multi-grade classes and their needs are among other points raised by her.

“There is a lot of material for the student, but the output and achievement are not so good. We have to study the reasons for not having equal opportunity in educating all students.”

In the final part of the meeting, Dr. Hakimzadeh, while expressing her satisfaction with such a meeting and announcing her readiness to further interact with the managers and experts of the organization, pointed out: “We need to do more research to avoid textbooks in some curricula. Sometimes maybe it is better if the educational framework is provided to the school rather than books.

“Textbooks are no sacred; we need to reduce the dominance of the textbook and part of the curriculum can be done by the teacher;” she added. “The role of teachers and their efforts in the education, despite some shortcomings, should be appreciated.”

Saying that overcrowded classes have problems in descriptive evaluation, she said: “The Organization for Educational Research and Planning should also increase its efforts to reduce the advertising of educational aid books in radio and television.”

“Developing curriculum standards and outsourcing textbook writing are essential to improving the quality of work. We need immediate plans and curriculum for multi-grade classes.”

Asking the Organization for Educational Research and Planning to help English education to the elementary students Hakimzadeh concluded that her department is counting on OERP for its “reading” programs..

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