Privatization of schools and reproduction of educational inequality; the construction of experiences of principals of high school students in Sanandaj.

An equitable education system can offset the impact of economic and social inequalities and in the context of education allow individuals to make the most of education regardless of their background. According to the constitution in Iran, education up to the secondary level is free, but due to privatization, this has not only not been achieved but has also led to the reproduction of educational inequality. Accordingly, the theoretical framework of this research is the views of Bulls and Gentis; The idea of ​​incompatibility/agreement, Bourdieu and the theory of reproduction; Michael W. Apple; Critical pedagogy, all of which provide critical insight into educational inequality. Therefore, we used the experiences of high school principals in Sanandaj as a basis for theoretical and experimental analysis to explain the situation of contextual, causal, and interventions of how to reproduce educational inequality, according to which 8 educational principals were interviewed. Continuous data analysis and comparison techniques were used to analyze the data. The results showed that increasing tuition costs acted as a precondition for outsourcing public education and a decrease in educational equity as causal conditions for educational inequality. Also, the economic orientation of private schools as intervening conditions in differentiating the educational sector at the individual, family, and spatial-urban levels is another factor and consequence of this educational inequality.