A study on educational developments and the establishment of new schools in the city of Sari during the Qajar era

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

behrang esmaeili shad ¹

1 - department of educational sciences, bojnourd branch,,ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY,bojnourd,iran

Received: 2018-03-30 Accepted : 2020-06-15 Published : 2020-02-20

Keywords: Sari, Qajar period, New schools, Salariya School, Haghighat School,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to study the educational developments and the history of the establishment of the first modern schools in the city of Sari during the Qajar era. To achieve this goal, the historical-analytical method has been used and relying on historical sources. The study of the history of today's educational system in Iran confirms that the modern educational system of Iran originates from a historical process that begins with the developments of the Qajar period in the political, social and cultural spheres. Majors such as Mirza Abulqasem, Qa'im Farahani and Mirza Taghi Khan Amir Kabir, tried to compensate for the backwardness of the country, the most important effort in this field being the establishment of the Dar Al-Fonoun School. Although the establishment of new schools in the Qajar era has faced many problems that can be categorized as political, financial, social and cultural barriers, the establishment and formation of these schools in Iran has contributed to the development of the educational system and culture in periods was next. In the years after the Constitutional Revolution, the establishment of new-style schools grew faster, and new schools were established in Tehran and major cities of Iran. In Mazandaran province, the first time in 1324 AH / 1285 AD, it was founded in conjunction with the Constitutional Revolution in the cities of Sari, Babil and Amol. The present study studies the new schools in Sari.