Iranian Baha'i Students Shut Out of Vocational Education

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[July 31st, 2007]  The Baha'i World News Service reported on the further worsening conditions for Baha'i's and Baha'i students in Iran.  Iran has now extended its prohibition of Baha'i students entering schools to include technical and vocational schools.

"Iranian Baha'is seeking to enter Iran's technical and vocational institutes have been effectively barred from admission for the coming academic year, since the application to sit for the entrance examinations leaves them with no option but to deny their faith, which Baha'is refuse to be coerced into doing.

"The Baha'i International Community learned recently that the 2007 form for the entrance examination for undergraduate courses under the technical and vocational education system indicates that only one box may be marked for religion.

"The applicant is given three choices - Zoroastrian, Jewish, or Christian - and if none of the boxes is marked, the form explains, the applicant will be considered Muslim. This is unacceptable to Baha'is."

 

Read the full online story as posted here:  http://www.bahaiworldnews.org/story/570