Education in Iran Vs Canada

Education has significant influence on human developments, and people who developed their knowledge and skills have a great rule in their societies. The base of education system in Iran and Canada is same; however, each country has its own methods which make them different in many ways. In Canada education system in each province is different. The school system is under control of each separated provincial government. For example, in some province they have a middle school or one extra year after year 12 as preparation course for entering to university, but others do not have. Schools are free and universal. They are also available in both English and French languages. Most people use public schools instead of privates. They have co-ed system at all level of educations. The teaching methods focus on improving students’ social skills and knowledge; instead, they teach them a lot of theoretical subjects. There is no national entrance exam for entering to the university.
On the other hand, in Iran school systems have controlled by federal ministry of education. Thus, all schools in different provinces have a same curriculums and rules. All levels of educations are free; also private schools and universities are permitted to charge tuition fees. Unlike Canada, nowadays, in Iran, most people use private schools instead of public one. By this way, they have a more chance to entering to the universities. In addition, all school from different stages of education are single-sex except universities. Whereas in Canada schools are available in both English and French, in Iran those are only in Farsi and they learn English as a second language. Furthermore, in Iran teaching methods are very formal. The students have to listen to the teacher and memorize a lot of information. They have a lot of daily homework and many difficult national exams. However, entry to the university in Canada is not very difficult in Iran going to the university is very competitive. They have to pass difficult national entrance examination (Konkur). The students’ major entirely depend on their scores in that exam. In other words, differences in education methods lead to have students with different abilities, but the important point is which method is more helpful for students to achieve their goals and help their societies.