“Happy” is a real symbol of digital Iran
But when the corona virus broke out, disrupting gatherings, gatherings, public events, and even commuting, rallies quickly escalated. Of course, when many had to go to quarantine, there was no room for regular gatherings.
The main sectors affected were schools, universities and colleges, which closed quickly and sent students home for fear of a crisis.
It was here that technology came into being and tried with various tools to fill the gap in the best possible way and to revitalize education.
In our country, although e-learning did not have a long and deep history on the online platform, a suitable platform was provided quickly and with serious will so that students could continue their educational process and progress without interruption: with a “happy” platform.
Laying for happy
From the very beginning of the pandemic, students used the “Happy” platform as a virtual classroom, and now, on the eve of the start of the new school year, taking advantage of the experiences and eliminating some shortcomings and developing the program, a happy network with new facilities, better conditions and Provides more capabilities to students.
As the largest mobile phone operator in Iran and the Middle East, Hamrah-e-Awal, for the past few years, has emphasized the pervasive concern for the protection of children and adolescents and has installed separate platforms in the form of ecosystems that meet all the needs of this Sunni community. And Hamzan, with the epidemic, based on the same experiences, had started the happy development of the system early.
The CEO of the first mobile phone in the general assembly of this operator, mentioned this fact as the golden leaf of the activity of his respective organization last year. He described the development of the “Shad” educational platform in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, which was able to provide educational activities for 147,000 schools, as one of the biggest accomplishments of the first year last year, which helped with education during the Corona era.
According to him, the presence of more than 750,000 teachers and 13 million authenticated students is registered in this platform, and also the possibility of simultaneous activity of 2.7 million people on this platform and more than 13 million weekly active users and more than 10 million Daily active users are on this platform.
Happy strong continuation in the new era
Now, on the eve of the new academic year, which is associated with the activities of the new government, the view of the government officials in this field on the performance of this educational platform is remarkable.
The new head of the Ministry of Education called the platform one of the greatest achievements of the system during the Corona.
Alireza Kazemi recently visited different parts of the system by attending the monitoring center of the student educational network called “Shad” and got acquainted with this platform with the explanations of the first mobile CEO and relevant technical officials.
He praised the first companion who was able to produce and offer one of the greatest achievements of the system in this period (Corona period) immediately since the corona outbreak, and emphasized that this year we will start the school year with “Shad” and in a version We are unveiling before the schools start operating, completely different capacities have been seen so that the top teachers of the country can offer their abilities all over the country, especially in deprived areas.
Interestingly, the head of the Ministry of Education said about the possibility of removing the happy platform from the country’s education system if schools attend: “It is not possible to go back to the past; So education will be available in cyberspace, even if the schools are fully open. In that case, Shad will have an integral or complementary or main role as part of educational activities, which we are looking for a plan to use in all three areas.
On the other hand, Issa Zarepour, the new Minister of Communications, recently referring to the beginning of the school year and the role of the first companion in the virtual education of students, said: “Currently, the” Shad “platform has been accepted as part of official e-learning in the country. A lot of hard work has been done by the first companion.
He added: “Considering the start of schools, operators should act quickly to stabilize and increase the capacity of the country’s communication network, as well as solve problems and develop the capabilities of e-learning systems so that people, especially students’ parents, feel confident and calm at the beginning of the school year.”
In addition, there was news that, at the suggestion of the Acting Minister of Education and with the approval of the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, a working group to support student virtual education (consisting of the Deputy Minister of Technology, the Director of the Ministry of Education, and the CEO The first companion was formed, which promises a serious determination to strengthen and develop a happy platform for use in the educational context of our country.
At the same time, more important news was published, which shows the expansion of the field of education, with the help of the private sector and businesses active in this field. In the recent meeting of the High Council of Cyberspace, the issue of development of virtual education was discussed and it was decided that the “happy” system under the Ministry of Education will be responsible for providing free public education, while in the field of value-added educational activities. It is possible to issue licenses to the public as well as the non-governmental sector, as well as to regulate the necessary regulations in this field.
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