Evaluation of the development process of the national curriculum document of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The current research was conducted with the aim of "evaluating the process of developing the national curriculum document of the Islamic Republic of Iran", which was done qualitatively and phenomenologically. The data were collected using interviews and document review. The statistical population of the study included eight main authorities in the production and formulation of this document, and the data collection was achieved through a deep semi -structured interview with them. Data analysis was done using the content analysis method. The results showed that the national curriculum document did not pass the criteria and steps of developing a general policy in the stages of its development process until the implementation stage from the point of view of complete and correct policy making. Moreover, the results indicate that the lack of coherence in curricula, extreme centralism in curriculum planning, and the stability of curriculum content in the past years have made it necessary to produce this document, and the understanding of the importance of the issue by specialists, experts, senior managers, Teachers, the pressure of policymakers and stakeholders and the long period of time that the issue has been raised have also been one of the main factors in the agenda of this document and its official approval in the Supreme Council of Education.