INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC ACADEMY 7th JOINT - IOA

THE ROLE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
Mr Seyed Mostafa HASHEMI TABA (IRI)
First of all I would like to express my appreciation to you for
organizing this seminar in an appropriate level and with excellent
quality and wish to pray to the Almighty God to help us achieve the
concerned targets.
Although, the title of this seminar generally propounds the
development of human resources, it seems, however, that most of the
titles are related to special divisions, which are of course not contrary
to the goals of the seminar. But it is not useful to choose strong
columns for a building, which does not have a strong foundation.
In other words, the selecting of new techniques and modern
management theories which are innovative, mitten down and
experienced in the developed countries cannot help develop human
resources in countries such as ours without giving due attention to
human development foundations.
Is it possible to adapt theories which concern very small societies
(and these theories representing only a part of that small society) in a
country, which has a population of 70 million of which at least 50%,
are work forces? Now, what are these prevailing foundations, which
should embrace all the individuals under its umbrella? Let's refer to
our own culture and to the holy Quran and to its famous verse which
reads: "Reciting to you our verses (values-signs) and purifies you and
teach you the Book and wisdom and knowledge."
As you know and it is repeated several times, “purification has
priority over learning of knowledge". It is further said "to be a
scientist is far too easier than to be a true human being "which means
that the latter is more difficult to attain or is even impossible".
In fact the theories and techniques usually discussed in the field of
H.R.D. lay emphasis on the increase of knowledge of specialists rather
than their purification and moral education.
During the last decades in an attempt to destroy religion in Iran, it
was said that a good specialist does not need religion and values and
they thought that science and techniques are the only needs of
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