The TVE education in Iran and its relation to formal (general education) are shown in Figure 1.
UNESCO and ILO frameworks for curricula development have been incorporated. It should also be
emphasised that the five-year programming of TVE schools provides two major options:
General Technical Participants receive 5 years of training in the TVE fields, offered in schools
supervised by Ministry of Education.
Specialised Technician Participants spend three years in IVE schools administered by the
Ministry of Education and two years in TVE colleges specialising in fields such as power, roads and
transport, industry, telecommunication, etc.
Currently 160,000 students at 556 locations with a staff of 18,000 are receiving formal TVE training.
Another 116,000 trainees participate in informal TVE courses offered by the Ministry of Labour. The
number of Technical Training Centres are 115, staffed with 670 technical teachers.
TVE policy making is performed by the following two groups:
Higher Council for Educational Planning and its related committees, which are responsible for
curriculum development and approval.