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Alavi Institute (Persian:موسسه فرهنگی علوی) is an Islamic high school inTehran,Iran.
In 1955, against the backdrop of despair and pessimism of the Great Depression in Iran,Ali Asghar Karbaschian who known asAllameh[1] founded the Alavi Institute as an Islamic high school in Tehran, the capital of Iran. In 1957 new students entered classes on an old house which was bought for about $15000 and remodeled. The school was accredited by theMinistry of Education, and beside academic subjects, taughtIslamic matters.[citation needed]
Allameh was a scholar in the city ofQom.[citation needed] He left preaching activities and came to Tehran and established the institute in the name ofImam Ali, the first Imam of the Shi'as.[citation needed]
Alavi High school is difficult to gain admission to. About 70-80% of the 9th grade class are students that completed education in Alavi's primary and middle schools. The school's admissions process includes an examination and then an interview.[citation needed]
70-80 students are selected for the 9th grade to form that year's class; these students are then grouped into three classes. The 9th grade class continues to 12th grade and the students are mixed and re-grouped every year.[citation needed]
Several students from Alavi high school have been awarded medals at international math and science olympiads.[citation needed]
Alavi High School teaches its students three majors which are Math and Physics, Natural Sciences, and Humanities.[citation needed]
Hossein Karbaschin, son of Allameh, is the principal of the school as of 2007.
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