Student Teachers Dismissed on the Verge of Employment

The Iranian Teachers' Guild channel reported: "According to reports sent from colleagues, some student teachers from the 98 intake, who were supposed to be organized this year, have faced letters of non-conversion to permanent status and prohibition of employment." The prohibition of employment for these "student teachers" comes at a time when a member of parliament announced last week the hiring of seven thousand teachers from religious seminaries in the education system. According to this information channel, reports have been received regarding the dismissal of "student teachers" from the provinces of Qom, Isfahan, and Fars. The head of the Farhangian University stated in December 2022 to the Fars news agency that according to the board of trustees' resolutions, next year student teachers will enter the Farhangian University in two phases. Reza Morad Sahraei, the then head of this university, emphasized that one group of "student teachers" will come in October, who are "generally in middle school and high school subjects" and that another "large group," which constitutes "about 70 percent of all student teachers, will enter in February." The dismissal of student teachers occurs while Reza Morad Sahraei, who previously announced the board of trustees' resolution and the recruitment plan for student teachers in the Ministry of Education, received a vote of confidence from the Islamic Consultative Assembly as the proposed Minister of Education in June of this year. At that time, the appointment of Reza Morad Sahraei as Minister of Education of the Islamic Republic faced criticism from the Iranian Teachers' Guild. This guild stated in a statement on Friday, June 15, that by enumerating the necessary qualifications for managing the education system, the appointment of Reza Morad Sahraei was described as a "mockery" of this ministry and the teachers and students. Support for Jaafar Ebrahimi and imprisoned teachers at the protest gathering of retirees in Kermanshah. The Fars Teachers' Guild reported that several thousand children have dropped out of school. The pressure of the Islamic Republic on protesters; a teacher who celebrated for Abolfazl Adinehzadeh was arrested. Mehrab Farsad Mokhtari, a teacher, was arrested in Nowshahr. Three teachers' organizations criticized the "crisis of justice, legitimacy, and quality" in Iran's educational system. Several labor activists and teachers were arrested in several cities in Iran.