In a letter to the assessment organization, the Ministry of Science announced that the name of Birjand University of Technology should be changed to “Birjand University – Birjand Industrial Campus” in the 1400 entrance exam booklet, which means ignoring the students’ protests for several months.

Daneshjoo News Agency University Group, Azam Zolfaghari Manzari; * The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology has notified the Ministry of Science of the plan for organizing higher education and its executive regulations in January 1995, and according to the third paragraph of this notification, the Ministry of Science can consolidate these institutions in order to organize higher education units. ; In a way that meets the needs of the region and leads to reducing overhead costs and improving the quality of services.

In other clauses of this communiqué, Payame Noor, scientific-applied and cultural universities should be examined in accordance with the policies approved by the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and, if necessary, with the approval of the Ministry of Science and the approval of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. On the other hand, the Ministry of Science is obliged to formulate and implement the mission-oriented plan of universities and higher education institutions according to the international, regional and national levels of performance.

Hasty implementation of a four-year plan!
The implementation of this plan took up to 4 years. News of the merger or mission-oriented mission of the university has been heard since mid-1999. Although in some universities, students did not react to the plan; However, students in some provinces, such as Khorasan Razavi, North and South, protested against the plan.

Higher education planning plan in South Khorasan is still in ambiguity / Why does the Ministry of Science not open the way for dialogue with students?

It is not clear why the presidents of the mother universities in each province have been indifferent to the implementation of this plan or why they have not done the necessary social and cultural contexts for the implementation of the various sections of this plan; But what is happening now is that the officials of the Ministry of Science are ignoring the demands of the students. As an example, we can mention the merger of public and non-profit universities in South Khorasan.

In the higher education planning plan in South Khorasan, Birjand University of Technology and Birjand University are to be merged with each other and an industrial campus will be established in the lands under the auspices of Birjand University.

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Birjand University of Technology has started its work since 1975 and of course as the University of Industries and Mines of South Khorasan and under the supervision of Iran University of Industries and Mines. Students were admitted in the fields of exploratory drilling, mineral processing, industrial drawing, mining exploration, mining, computer software, system software and manufacturing technology engineering. This university became independent from Iran University of Industries and Mines in 1986 by the direct order of Ahmadinejad, the then president of Iran, and thus, the first industrial university in the east of the country was formed.

Merge a university with 70 full-time faculty members!
Birjand University of Technology now has more than 70 full-time faculty members teaching about 2,500 students. The library resources of this university are more than 10 thousand volumes. Recently, more than 20 billion rials of laboratory and research equipment have been purchased in this university and student admission is done in all its fields.

It can be said that in South Khorasan, in addition to the university community, provincial officials and members of parliament also opposed the implementation of the higher education plan in this province according to the instructions of the Ministry of Science and warned about the social consequences of this plan. In a letter to the Minister of Science, Ayatollah Ebadi, the representative of the Supreme Leader in South Khorasan, called the implementation of this plan hasty. In the letter, he stated that Birjand University of Technology has the potential to become a scientific hub and a platform for development programs in the east of the country, adding that “its inclusion is a loss to the research activities of the university’s elite and a sharp contradiction with the balanced development of educational justice.” has it.”

Along with the representatives of the people of South Khorasan in the Islamic Consultative Assembly who protested against the implementation of this plan in the open court of the Assembly, Ruhollah Izadkhah, a member of the Industries and Mines Commission, also reacted to the Minister of Science by warning the Minister of Science about compliance. He announced justice and efficiency in implementing this plan and avoiding stressful mergers in some provinces.

Higher education planning plan in South Khorasan is still in ambiguity / Why does the Ministry of Science not open the way for dialogue with students?

The governor of South Khorasan also said that the hasty implementation of the higher education planning plan had caused social tensions and expressed concern about possible tensions after the implementation of the plan. Student protests continued in various forms; From gathering in front of the governor’s office to forming various campaigns in cyberspace to preserve the university.