The Iranian educational system is highly centralized and is divided to K-12 education and higher education. K-12 education is supervised by the Ministry of Education and higher education is under supervision of Ministry of Science and Technology.

Primary school (Dabestan) starts at the age of 6 for a duration of 5 years. Middle school, also known as orientation cycle (Rahnamayi), goes from the sixth to the eighth grade. High school (Dabirestan), for which the last three years is not mandatory, is divided between theoretical, vocational/technical and manual, each program with its own specialties.^[1]

Universities, institutes of technology, medical schools and community colleges, provide the higher education. The requirement to enter into higher education is to have a High school diploma, and finally pass the national University entrance"s exam (Konkoor). Higher education is sanctioned by different levels of diplomas: Fogh-e-Diplom or K?rd?ni after 2 years of higher education, K?rshen?si (also known under the name “licence”) is delivered after 4 years of higher education (Bachelor"s degree). K?rshen?si-ye Arshad is delivered after 2 more years of study (Master"s degree). After which, another exam allows the candidate to pursue a doctoral program (PhD).^[2]

By : iraj mokhtarnia

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