An Investigation of Modern Schools in Kurdistan Province 1921 to 1941

This paper studies the establishment of modern schools during 1921-1941 in Kurdistan Province and argues that this brought about a principal cultural change. The objective of the study is to investigate the extent of the progress of this reform in the Kurdistan Province in the first part of the Pahlavi reign. The study aims to treat the role played by Reza Shah's modernisation project in this cultural development, as well as the factors contributing to the late establishment of modern schools in Kurdistan. The analytical-descriptive and qualitative approaches are employed to collect data from library sources, newspapers, articles, documents and archive. The results showes that the establishment of the central government in Iran by Reza Shah and the modern system of administration had a determining role in this process.