National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents
Location
Iran
Information
Type	Selective schools
Established	1976

National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET; Persian: سازمان ملی پرورش استعدادهای درخشان‎‎ Sāzmān-e Melli-ye Parvareŝ-e Este'dādhā-ye Deraxŝān, or سمپاد SAMPAD) are national selective schools (middle and high school level) in Iran developed specifically for the development of exceptionally talented students.

The organization was first founded in 1976 as the National Iranian Organization for Gifted and Talented Education (NIOGATE).The original faculty were trained by a visiting group of educators from the United States. These schools were shut down for a few years after the revolution, but later re-opened. In 1988 The Organization renamed to National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents. The manager of the organization was Javad Ezhe'i who managed this organization from 1988 to 2009. Then Dr. Etemadi was the manager for a short time, and now, the new manager is Dr. Ghaffari.

The schools for girls are named Farzanegan School and the boys' schools have different names in different cities. Some of the schools are: Beheshti High Schools in Semnan, Zanjan, Ahwaz, Kashan, Kermanshah, Tonekabon, Sanandaj, Ilam, Shahrekord, Sari, Amol, Ghaemshahr, Urmia, Bojnurd, Babol, Gorgan, Borujerd and Maragheh, Allameh Helli in Tehran, Hamedan and Arak, Shahid Babaei Highschool in Qazvin, Madani in Tabriz, Soltani School and Farzanegan in Karaj, Haghani in Bandar Abbass, Hashemi Nejad School in Mashhad, Dastgheib High school in Shiraz, Shahid Ejei High School in Isfahan, Mirza Koochak Khan in Rasht, and Sadoughi in Yazd.

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