Authors
Department of Jurisprudence and Fundamentals of Islamic Law, Qo.C., Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.
10.22034/jgeoq.2026.590668.4496
Abstract
The religious education of students in Iranian statutory law is part of the official mission of the education system and an example of the government's executive obligations in the field of public education. Official laws and documents, including the Constitution, the Law on the Goals and Duties of the Ministry of Education, the Fundamental Transformation Document, and the National Curriculum, have emphasized the development of faith, strengthening the foundations of faith, religious education, moral development, and the realization of a good life. The main issue of the present study is that these goals can only be realized if they are transferred from the level of documentary and legal expression to school-based executive programs, curriculum, educational activities, administrative structure, human resources, educational resources, and school facilities. The present study examines the government's executive duties towards the religious education of students using a descriptive-analytical method and relying on legal sources, education documents, and related research. The research findings show that the government is obliged to transform the legal goals of religious education into specific, staged, and assessable programs in schools, establish a link between the official curriculum and educational activities, foresee a mechanism for coordination, monitoring, and evaluation, and provide the necessary structures, resources, facilities, and human resources. Accordingly, religious education in the formal education system is a goal that can be demanded and depends on institutional accountability, not a matter of taste, occasion, or mere rhetoric.
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