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Usually financial expenses of seminaries are covered through obligatory religious payments and donations of [[Marja'|religious authorities]].
Usually financial expenses of seminaries are covered through obligatory religious payments and donations of [[Marja'|religious authorities]].


There are relations between minor and major seminaries. Religious students usually begin their studies from smaller schools and later go to bigger schools to complete their educations.  
There are relations between minor and major seminaries. Religious students usually begin their studies from smaller schools and later go to bigger schools to complete their education.  


Seminaries of [[Seminary of Qom|Qom]], [[Seminary of Najaf|Najaf]], [[Seminary of Baghdad|Baghdad]], [[Seminary of Hillah|Hillah]], [[Seminary of Jabal Amel|Jabal Amel]] and [[Seminary of Isfahan|Isfahan]] have been the most important Shi'a seminaries and each has been the total authority of all [[Shi'a]] for a while. Every seminary usually manages some schools.
Seminaries of [[Seminary of Qom|Qom]], [[Seminary of Najaf|Najaf]], [[Seminary of Baghdad|Baghdad]], [[Seminary of Hillah|Hillah]], [[Seminary of Jabal Amel|Jabal Amel]] and [[Seminary of Isfahan|Isfahan]] have been the most important Shi'a seminaries and each has been the total authority of all [[Shi'a]] for a while. Every seminary usually manages some schools.
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===Teaching System===
===Teaching System===


Shi'a seminary's teaching system has always been text-based and the first step of a student is acquiring the power to properly understand the text. Shia Seminaries focus on certain texts and use commentaries on text-books. These texts were written by top teachers of seminaries and have often had complications in understanding which were explained by teachers when teaching them, so that mastery of teachers were evaluated by their competence in explaining the complications and the students were evaluated by their competence in interpreting these texts.  
Shi'a seminary's teaching system has always been text-based and the first step for a student is to acquire the power to properly understand the text. Shia Seminaries focus on certain texts and use commentaries on text-books. These texts have been written by top teachers of seminaries and have often had complications in understanding which are explained by teachers so that mastery of teachers is evaluated by their competence in explaining the complications and the students are evaluated by their competence in interpreting these texts.  


Shi'a seminaries teaching system which is based on the teacher-student interaction and working on a text has been developed through methods below. These methods, more than anything, has been based on [[Imams|Imams' (a)]] teaching method for their companions and students:
Shi'a seminaries teaching system which is based on the teacher-student interaction and working on a text has been developed through methods below. More than anything, these methods have been based on [[Imams|Imams' (a)]] teaching method for their companions and students:
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# Ilqā'  
# Ilqā'  
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=== Teaching ===
=== Teaching ===
Teachers decided to teach a certain lesson based on their own taste and announced the title and the hour based on students' demands. The main condition of teaching has been scholarly competence and popularity and since students have been free in choosing lessons, the mentioned prerequisite have automatically been provided.
Teachers decide to teach a certain lesson based on their own taste and announced the title and the hour based on students' demands. The main condition of teaching has been scholarly competence and popularity and since students have been free in choosing lessons, the mentioned prerequisite have automatically been provided.


== Educational Environments ==
== Educational Environments ==
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==References==
==References==
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* The material for writing this article has been mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%87 {{ia|حوزه علمیه}}] in Farsi wikishia.
* The material for writing this article has been mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/view/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%87 {{ia|حوزه علمیه}}] in Farsi wikishia.
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