Deputy Minister of Education: Women Cannot Be Managers of Male Teachers

The head of the "Schools and Non-Governmental Centers" organization of the Ministry of Education stated that women can only become managers in boys' primary schools when the number of female teachers exceeds that of male teachers; remarks that labor activists have deemed gender discrimination and believe this perspective has further restricted female teachers in the educational system. Ahmad Mahmoudzadeh emphasized that this law only applies to non-governmental schools, and in public boys' schools, women cannot be managers at all. The gendered perspective in the educational system and the dos and don'ts regarding women's presence, including dress code, makeup, clothing color, and similar matters, align with the ideological thinking of the Islamic Republic's officials in the country. Another aspect of these restrictions is the increased entry of religion and religious figures into schools and changes in the educational method. In this context, Reza Morad Sahraei, the Minister of Education, stated yesterday, January 7, that "we have trained 20,000 students to recite the call to prayer." Morad Sahraei also emphasized that "the preparations for recruiting 19,000 educational instructors after fifteen years of waiting have been realized in the upcoming year." It is said that these 19,000 educational instructors will be recruited from among the clerics, and Morad Sahraei mentioned that the training center for educational instructors in Qom has started operating and the recruitment of educational instructors is on the agenda. This action is not unrelated to Morad Sahraei's performance report. The Minister of Education of the Islamic Republic stated in a report on the performance of his ministry that providing more than 1.6 million square meters of "prayer rugs" and expanding the plan to create 9,000 mosques have been among the most important actions of the Ministry of Education, and currently, 7,280 prayer rooms are under construction in schools and educational centers. The extensive change of textbooks and the addition of ideological and religious topics to everything that has existed in Iran's educational system over the past four decades are among the actions that have intensified in recent years with the emphasis of Ali Khamenei. The ideological invasion of the government into schools by hiring clerics; Naja Bahrami explains the educational crisis in Iran and the "red status" of averages; the Minister of Education: prayer is the most important pillar; education in a dangerous area; ineffective content, lack of motivation among students; punitive measures against schools; the organization of punitive measures: education and training does not cooperate; Ebrahim Raisi has announced the teaching of "Defensive Sacred Sciences and Knowledge" in schools and universities.