Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Graduated with a master's degree in the history of Islamic Iran, Responsible for the documents unit of the Supreme Council of Education, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Religions and Mysticism, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract
The developments of the forties in Iran in various fields, including education, were based on the principles of the White Revolution. In this regard, with the formation of the Knowledge Corps based on the sixth principle of the principles of the White Revolution, the expansion of literacy in the country's villages was placed on the joint agenda of the Ministry of Culture and War. According to this principle, people with diplomas could do their military service and conscription after a short period of military training and teaching methods in the villages to teach and educate the villagers. Of course, after a short period of time, the field of mission of Sepahian Danesh expanded and included construction activities in villages. According to these missions, several centers and institutions were established to strengthen the knowledge corps, including scientific, supervisory, procurement, etc. This article, using library resources focusing on documents, especially the minutes of negotiations and approvals of the Supreme Council of Culture/Education and Education, and using a descriptive-analytical method, indicates that the knowledge corps succeeded not only in the literacy of the villagers, but also in the field of developments during their one and a half decade of activity in the country's villages. have useful cultural, social and even economic achievements.
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