Alirza Quluncu, Voice of America, August 24, 2017
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| Iran's Ministry of Education |
Iran's Ministry of Education has announced that citizens who do not meet certain conditions will not be accepted for teaching positions. According to the new regulation, individuals with "strong accents in Persian" will not be allowed to teach at elementary schools, and infertile women will not be allowed to work as teachers at all.
The Ministry of Education has also stated that citizens with certain medical conditions will be denied applications for teaching positions.
The "list of diseases" published by the Ministry has been released by the semi-official Fars news agency.
The list, which includes a variety of conditions, covers everything from height, number of teeth, hearing and vision abilities, blood pressure, and heart diseases, to women's health issues and accent problems. The list outlines the minimum conditions and criteria required for teaching positions.
Under the category of "women's health issues," infertility, "early or delayed puberty," and "uterus diseases" are among the conditions that will prevent women from becoming teachers.
It has also been stated that citizens who have speaking difficulties or speak Persian with accents will not be eligible to teach at elementary schools or in Persian language and literature classes.
According to the new regulation from the Ministry of Education, it is prohibited for individuals with strong accents that affect the pronunciation of Persian letters like "Ç," "G," "J," and "Q" to become elementary school teachers or Persian language and literature teachers.
Among Iran's ethnic communities, those who pronounce these letters differently from Persians are primarily Turks and Arabs.
Link to the original news in Turkish on the Azerbaijani section of Voice of America:
İranda farsca ‘qəliz ləhcələri olanlar’ və ‘sonsuz qadınlar’ müəllimliyə alınmayacaq