Determining Educational Developing Rankings in Khozestan Towns Using Numerical Taxonomy Method

Development is a complex process that one might obtain with changing social structure, people's idea about national institutions, speeding up the growth of national economy, demolishing inequality and poverty, setting social justice and resistance of environment. Therefore, educational indexes and profiles representing educational development in society are among the most important milestones of development. This study investigates the developing status in Khozestan towns using Numerical Taxonomy Method. Accordingly, educational index is considered as an evaluation tool of development status. In this index researchers define the developing rate employing 8 educational variant forms in Khozestan townships during 1379-1389(2000 to2010). Researchers have used padding and library methods to gather the information that they have used in the Numerical Taxonomy Method. The results show M.I.S and Ramhormoz are at the bottom of educational index with coefficient of development as small as 0.4, and, 0.73 had been located as the most developed and endowed and developed towns, respectively, while, Ahvaz and Omidieh with coefficient of development of 0.74 and 0.48had been found as the least developed and the most developed towns in Khozestan in 1379(2000), respectively.