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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.”

OERP Congratulates National Journalists' Day

Submitted by manager2 on Fri, 08/07/2020 - 18:44

Dr. Hassan Maleki praised the efforts of the reporters of the Student News Agency, while paying a visit to its office to mark National Journalists' Day.

 

Dr. Hassan Maleki had a friendly meeting with the managing editor, editor-in chief and the editorial board of Student News Agency, stressing the role that journalists play in order to raise awareness in the soity.

UN Chief Warns of Global ‘Generational Catastrophe’ on Education

Submitted by manager2 on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 08:04

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the world faces a “generational catastrophe” because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the world faces a “generational catastrophe” because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and said that getting students safely back to the classroom must be “a top priority.”

Some 3,700 exceptional Afghan students studying in Iran

Submitted by manager2 on Wed, 08/05/2020 - 08:02

 Some 3,700 exceptional Afghan students are studying in Iranian schools, an official with the Ministry of Education has said.

These students are treated the same as Iranian students and are provided with educational, rehabilitation, and physical training services, ISNA quoted Javad Hosseini as saying on Tuesday.

There are around 1,600 schools in Iran special for exceptional students, offering services to more than 82,000 students, he explained.

Free Internet for Shaad Educational Network

Submitted by manager2 on Wed, 07/22/2020 - 12:59

Iran’s Minister of Education said that in order to solve the problem of dropouts, a Memorandum of Cooperation should be signed between the Ministry of Education and other government agencies.

In a meeting to identify, recruit, educate and maintain children who have dropped out of elementary schools, Mohsen Haji Mirzaei said that one of the brilliant achievements of the Islamic Republic is developing educational opportunities and reducing the educational gap between urban and rural areas, calling it an “important step to promote social justice.”

US Schools Unlikely to Fully Reopen This Year

Submitted by manager2 on Sat, 07/18/2020 - 16:20

Millions more children in the U.S. learned Friday that they're unlikely to return to classrooms full time in the fall because of the coronavirus pandemic as death tolls reached new highs.

It came as many states — particularly in the Sunbelt — struggled to cope with the surge and governments worldwide tried to control fresh outbreaks. In a sign of how the virus is galloping around the globe, the World Health Organization reported nearly a quarter-million new infections in a single day.

ABA Project: Creating Equal Opportunities for students in rural areas

Submitted by manager2 on Sat, 07/04/2020 - 15:41

The Organization of Non-Governmental Schools and Centers and the Development of Public Participation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Abrar Charitable Society to implement a curriculum for students who have dropped out of school through e-learning distance learning.

Mojtaba Zeyni-Vand, the head of the organization said that the plan called “the Reconciliation with Education” or ABA is a good platform for creating equal educational opportunities.

Iran to Hold First Online Exhibitions of Educational Publishers

Submitted by manager2 on Sat, 07/04/2020 - 11:05

The online exhibition, which is organized and planned by the Cultural Association of Educational Publishers, will be held in two phases and for two groups.

The first phase is that publishers sell their books in one website at certain time and in the second phase, the publishers are presenting and selling their books in a certain website under different circumstances.

In the first phase, book sales happen on publishers' own sites at the same time; they will determine the circumstances. According to the news, it will start on July 5th.

Students Abroad to Join Shaad Network

Submitted by manager2 on Sat, 07/04/2020 - 10:44

The head of the Center for International Affairs and Schools Abroad, said that from the end of July, students from all schools abroad will join the Shad Network. adding that the infrastructure for this purpose has been set.

 

Gholamreza Karimi told reporters that the schools for next school year will begin in some countries in September, including the UAE and other Arab countries others will open in mid-September. “Currently we don’t know what will happen to the education in future, maybe it will be held online or partly-online;” he added.

How to Improve Education for Special Needs Children in Lockdown

Submitted by manager2 on Mon, 06/29/2020 - 17:21

A member of the faculty of the Research Institute for Special Needs Children emphasized that the programs of the organization should be reviewed.

“After the Islamic Revolution, good achievements have been made in the field of education of special needs children, but we have not progressed as much as we should, which goes back to two factors: the lack of experts and neglecting these children.”

National Scholastic Festival of Ibn Sina to Be Hold Online

Submitted by manager2 on Fri, 06/26/2020 - 20:10

The scientific secretary of the fifth National Scholastic Festival of Ibn Sina said that the festival will be held online and will start on August 1st.

Stating that the festival will be held for a week from 11 to 17 August this year, Mehdi Rashidi Jahan added: “students from all over the country will present their achievements online; they can take the virtual exams of this festival themselves.”

New School Year to Start with Improved Version of Shaad Network; official

Submitted by manager2 on Fri, 06/26/2020 - 19:30

Adviser to the Minister of Education and the manager of Shaad network pointed out that in order to address the concerns of students’ access to the Shaad network, “a combination of educational options” is on the agenda from October.

 

“Face-to-face training, educational packages, Shaad network and the TV schools are all presented together; and each of them have a certain share of our new plan” he added.

 

Iran’s Schools to Open Early September; Rouhani

Submitted by manager2 on Tue, 06/23/2020 - 08:18

Speaking at a meeting of the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus on Saturday, Dr Hassan Rouhani said that the end of coronavirus is not yet clear and that we must prepare ourselves for a long-term fight against the virus.

 

"According to scientists and health professionals, we can't predict a specific time for the end of the disease," he said, adding, “The behavior of this virus is changing and it does not have a fixed behavior, and based on what researchers say, the virus won't go away on its own, so we have to prepare ourselves for a long-term fight against it”.

Maleki Lays out Plans for Next School Year

Submitted by manager2 on Tue, 06/09/2020 - 14:02

Dr. Hassan Maleki, the head of organization for Educational Planning and Research, told journalist in his first press conference that the OERP is focused on providing learning packages rather than textbooks.

“Learning package refers to a set of educational materials and multimedia tools in a particular course that is designed and developed based on specific learning objectives. Usually the learning package contains textbooks, the student workbook, the teacher's guide, the educational videos and other related materials.

President Appoints Members of the Council for OERP

Submitted by manager2 on Mon, 06/08/2020 - 09:31

In separate letters, President Hassan Rouhani appointed six members of the Council for Organization for Educational Research and Planning.

According to these letters, Hojatoleslam Dr. Seyyed Saeid Ameli, Dr. Gholamali Haddad Adel, Dr. Fakhreddin Danesh Ashtiani, Dr. Mahmoud Mehr Mohammadi, Dr. Ali Zarafshan and Dr. Rezvan Hakimzadeh were appointed as new members of the Council for Organization for Educational Research and Planning.

Hassan Rouhani's letters of appointment read:

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Education Ministry Ordered to Be Prepared for Operating in Future Outbreaks

Submitted by manager2 on Sun, 05/31/2020 - 11:16

Saying that Corona Virus is not over yet and we have to be ready to tackle this disease in the future, President Hassan Rouhani told the Minister of Education in a telephone conversation that the Education Ministry should be prepared to continue educational programs in the case of another outbreak nest year.

President Rouhani appreciated teachers and Education Ministry’s staff, who managed to continue educations through Corona outbreak and helping that the slogan of “schools are closed but education goes on” come true.