Iran: Information on how long private schooling at the primary and secondary levels has been available, and on the regime's attitude towards private education
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 December 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IRN19186.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Iran: Information on how long private schooling at the primary and secondary levels has been available, and on the regime's attitude towards private education, 1 December 1994, IRN19186.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab0014.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information on private education in Iran could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB.
Please consult the attachments for general information on the educational system in Iran. Chapter 10 ("Restricted Academic Freedom") of the Middle East Watch report of August 1993, entitled Guardians of Thought: Limits on Freedom of Expression in Iran, contains additional information on this subject. This publication is available at your Regional Documentation Centre.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Attachments
Iran: A Country Study. 1989. Edited by Helen Chapin Metz. Washington, DC: Secretary of the Army, pp. 129-32.
Nafisi, Rasool. 1992. "Education and the Culture of Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iran: Political Culture in the Islamic Republic. Edited by Samih K. Farsoun and Mehrdad Mashayekhi. London: Routledge, pp. 160-77.
ODR-Bulletin d'information [Berne]. September 1993. "Iran."
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