According to Jam Jam Online, Hojjatul Islam Dr. Ali Latifi, Deputy Minister and Head of Educational Research and Planning Organization, in Salam program of the Khabar Sima network reporter, congratulated the Teacher Appreciation Week and said: The main responsibility of the Educational Research and Planning Organization is to compile curriculum as well as produce and compile textbooks and educational content. During the third imposed war, part of our activities was focused on the continuity of service in the organization’s mission areas. Our main problem in this period was to continue providing services in the field of printing and preparing textbooks so that there would be no interruption.
Trying to present the right narrative to the new generation
Latifi continued: In connection with the second imposed war, the educational research and planning organization had prepared and distributed three educational packages titled “We defend our Iran” for the three stages of the second primary, first secondary and second secondary courses. When producing these packages, according to the predictions of the occurrence of similar situations, we thought that this content could be useful for students in future situations, which is now the case in the third imposed war, and the contents of the books are fully usable.
He further added: When the third imposed war started, most of the students of these three levels had the packages. In these days, we also focused on the production of podcasts; For all the lessons of these three books, audio podcasts were produced and made available to students in cooperation with the Broadcasting Organization.
The head of the Educational Research and Planning Organization said about the We Defend Our Iran packages: We have presented a diverse set of themes focusing on national unity, national defense, self-confidence, hope for the future, the narrative of the victory of the Iranian nation in the second imposed war, Iran’s power in various fields, and the reasons for enemies’ enmity with Iran.
He further added: In these packages, the strategic position of Iran and the greed of foreigners towards it have been discussed. We tried to present the correct narrative to the new generation so that the false narrative of the enemy does not have an impact. After these packages were produced, they were summoned by the Supreme Leader of Shahid, and he expressed his happiness and said that he was praying for the creators of this work, this was encouraging for us.
Production of podcasts, we defend our Iran, trilogy with more than 20 million views
Dr. Latifi stated that we tried to do the correct narration not only in the form of written content, but also in the form of various multimedia contents, and stated: Documentary films were attached to the books in the form of subtitles, and by producing podcasts, our goal was to increase the visibility of the content. By the grace of God, the series of podcasts produced for these three books has more than 20 million views on various networks, which shows that there was a serious use case.
The beginning of the event, we defend our Iran in the happy network with the wide acceptance of students
He pointed to the event “We will defend our Iran” and said: Our other action was to design an event based on these packages. This campaign with the title “We defend our Iran” has been activated on the Shad network. Students enter in a game-like environment, go through different stages and get points.
A member of the Council of the Ministry of Education, stated: The survey has three levels: elementary, medium and hard. We tried to make the design format attractive and non-repetitive for students. This campaign has been active for about ten days and according to Shad’s colleagues, it has been well received compared to many previous campaigns.
The beginning of ordering textbooks from the beginning of May 1405
Regarding the process of distributing textbooks, he clarified: The process of printing and distributing textbooks is a long process and it starts almost every year from the end of last year. According to the routine of every year, the order registration of textbooks started from the beginning of May; First, for elementary and middle school students, and with a few days delay for the second middle school, now middle school students (second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, ninth, eleventh, and twelfth grades) can register, but the first, seventh, and tenth grades, whose registration has not yet been finalized, will be able to register an order with a slight delay in the next one to one and a half months. had
The head of Educational Research and Planning Organization added: The distribution of textbooks of the provinces also started from Bahman according to the routine of every year, and now some of the books of Mehr 1405 are available in the warehouse of the provinces and regions.
He stated that regarding the changes in the content of the books, the changes are made in two parts, he said: programmatic and macro changes that oversee the changes in the curriculum; It started from the first grade of elementary school last year, and the trial implementation of the school curriculum will be extended to a wider level this year, and case changes and updates related to current issues, such as defense issues, contemporary history, and issues related to sacrifice and martyrdom in some books that have not yet been published, are under review and action.
Formation of the working group for the development of the culture of sacrifice, resistance and martyrdom in the third imposed war
Latifi mentioned the actions of the field of educational planning and added: This year, in the framework of the Mehr project, a special working group was formed by the order of the Minister of Education with the title, Development and promotion of the culture of sacrifice, resistance and martyrdom in the third imposed war.
He further clarified: One of the characteristics of this course is that the students were not just listeners; Rather, they themselves were present in the field and this real presence is the biggest field of education. For this reason, one of our serious priorities in this year’s programs is the direct role of students in these activities. Cultural partners should also be empowered to present these contents and talk with students, so the programs for empowering and organizing human resources are being planned according to the current conditions.
According to the report of the Information and Public Relations Center of the Ministry of Education, the head of the Educational Research and Planning Organization, while referring again to the week of honoring the position of teacher, said: “Teaching is a prophet-like mission, and our teachers were motivated in a different way during this period and did their work well.”
