Reputation
Several students from Nikan high school have been awarded medals at international math and science Olympiads such as IMO, IPHO, ICHO, IBO etc. The school's robotics team has won multiple national & international awards, such as:
- Won the top prize at the RoboCup, RoboCup 2005 Osaka - Japan.(NEE1)
- A preferment rank in IranOpen 2006, the Rescue Real Robots field (The RoboNikA team)
- 2nd place in 1_1 RoboCup Junior, Soccer Challenge, IranOpen 2006 (The RoboNik1 team)
- 4th place in 2_2 RoboCup Junior, Soccer Challenge, IranOpen 2006 (The RoboNik2 team)
- 4th place in 2_2 RoboCup Junior, Soccer Challenge, IranOpen 2007 (The team was not known as a Nikan H.S. team but the individuals were Nikan students) - 1st place in RoboCup Junior, Mind Challenge, IranOpen 2006 (The "OverLord" team)
The school provides a high quality of education, but its reputation is mainly due to its highly political and religious environment.
Nikan is very stringent about certain rules for its students. For example, the school emphasized simple short haircuts for good of students.
It can be argued that because of its exclusivity, some Nikan students find it difficult to later integrate in the wider society. That being said, there is a strong sense of comradeship among them even after graduation.
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