According to the public relations and information center of the
Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Sorena Sattari, the vice
president for science and technology affairs, expressed that Tehran is one of
the creative and innovative cities of Iran with a potential capacity of
transformation during his visit of the book garden of Tehran, stating: the
scientific capacities and foundations of Tehran, which contains millions of
young individuals, play a significant role in change of educational direction
and methods.

Capacity of Startups for Transformation of Education Structures

Sattari pointed out the role of startups and knowledge-based
companies in the area of education in realization of knowledge-based economy,
affirming: creative and powerful startups and knowledge-based companies, that
are active in the education area, can transform the former structure of
education and realize the entrance of innovation to this area, paving the way
for moving of basic education toward knowledge-based economy.

President of the national elites foundation mentioned the
necessity of entrance of the private sector into the innovative area of
education, marking: education is one of the important and strategies areas, for
which the government can be involved through support and guidance and the main
path must be paved for the private sector.

Visit of the Cultural Innovative Complex at the Heart of Tehran

The book garden of Tehran is a two-story cultural and educational
complex with the area of 110 thousand m² and contains four main
sections of Baharestan (children and adolescents), Khialestan (digital
technologies), Negarestan (cinema halls) and Sarvestan (public and adults).
This center is active for familiarization of the young community with
scientific issues and innovations.

During this visit, Sattari was accompanied by Seyed Majid
Hosseini, CEO of Nashr Shahr Institute and manager of the book garden, Parviz
Karami, secretary of knowledge-based technologies, sciences and economy
development headquarter, and Esmaeil Ghaderifar, head of the strategic
technologies development center.