Pizhūhish/nāmah-i Mabānī-i Ta̒līm va Tarbiyat. (Mar 2024)
A Critique on the Privitizaatin Policy of Public and Formal Education in the IRAN Educational System
Abstract
In recent decades, privatization in the governance of school education systems has been a focus for policymakers worldwide. In Iran, after the Islamic Revolution, the approval of the Non-Profit Schools Law in 1988 (1367 in the Iranian calendar) marked a significant shift towards privatization in the country's education system. In recent decades, privatization in the governance of schooling education system has been a focus for policy-makers worldwide. In Iran, after the Islamic Revolution, the approval of the Non-Profit Schools Law in 1988 (1367 in the Iranian calendar) marked a significant shift towards privatization in the country's education system. The purpose of this study is to identify and criticize the consequences of privatization policy in the environment of school education in Iran, which was done with the method of criticism. Based on the findings of this research, the privatization policy in Iran's schooling educational system has not been able to improve the quality of education in public schools, and after thirty-five years of its implementation, the school education system still has a budget deficit and poor quality. On the other hand, the privatization of schooling educational system has supported the development of social divide and the reproduction of class differences. Also, the privatization policy has the possibility to threaten and destroy the social goals of the schooling educational system. Therefore, it is necessary to review the policy of privatization in the distribution of school education as a public good and to find a better fit with the cultural foundations and historical experiences of the country. Therefore, it is suggested that in the macro-policies of distribution of school education, there should be a slow turn from privatization to public-charity.
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