The '' students education network'' ( fa, شبکه آموزشی دانشآموزان), with
acronym
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Shad ( fa, شاد, Shaad) That in addition to the abbreviation of the full name of the program, it refers to the word Shaad meaning happy, is a communication and educational software that was launched following the spread of
the coronavirus due to the absence of students in schools in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. The software is owned by the
Ministry of Education of Iran, and students, teachers and headmasters are the people who use this software.
At first, on 2020 April 4, Shaad Software was run only on messaging apps, and principals, teachers, and students needed to install one of the ''Bale'',
Soroush, ''Gap'',
iGap, and ''Rubica'' messengers and other, but on 2020 April 9, the Ministry of Education presented the software without needing to have those messengers. About 70% of Iranian students are members of this social network. Due to the emphasis of education on the installation and use of this software, a significant number of students were activated in this student network, which is estimated to be more than 17 million people. According to
Mohammad Mehdi Nooripour, chairman of the Student Organization Assembly, Shad software has about 800,000 daily visits. 13 percent of Iranian students never had an electronic device for application setup.
History
During the pandemic Shad development was delayed, and it was replaced by online TV teachers, but it has so many problems.
It was called Social network of students.
Products and services
* shaadbin.ir ("children search engine"- by Zarebin.ir)
* Student real life identity authentication (15 million students)
* Temporary free Internet bandwidth (mobile data-some designated Iranian mobile network corporations offered SIMs)
* External APIs for Iranian mobile apps
Use
Private schools educators are not required to install the app.
Reception
Simultaneously with the unveiling of the software, many students and teachers criticized the software. They claimed that the software had low quality and could not compensate for the training for students. In the view of some, its inefficiency is due to the fact that some students live in deprived areas and lack facilities such as computers, laptops, smartphones, and even high-speed or regular Internet. On the other hand,
Mohammad Mehdi Nooripour and
Majid Najafizadeh, Representatives of students and teachers of Iran thanked the Minister of Education for setting up this network at a meeting of
Student Organization.
Recently, in an update, new features have been added and the performance of Shad has been improved.
See also
*
COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
References
External links
* https://shad.ir/
Official website
Social software
Educational software
Android (operating system) software
Mobile applications
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