Rezvan Hakimzadeh, Deputy Minister of Primary Education, made the remarks during an inauguration ceremony of a preschool center for Afghan children in the southeastern Iranian city of Mehmanshahr, Rafsanjan.
“I call this day educational justice and children’s rights because Iranian and foreign newcomers are gathered here in a beautiful day of equality and brotherhood, in accordance with Islamic ideas,” he said. she stated.
“Despite the cruel sanctions imposed on our country, we share what we have with our guests,” she added. “We at the International Department of Education have enabled approximately half a million foreign students to attend school in Iran, with a focus on preschool children.”
“Iran has enabled foreign nationals to acquire science and knowledge without any international assistance,” Hakimzadeh noted, underscoring the Iranian leader’s emphasis on the need for equal educational opportunities. for children from other countries, Afghan nationals living in Iran in particular, with the natives.
“About 10,000 teachers are needed in the country’s education system to educate 500,000 foreign students,” she said.
Hakimzadeh said international organizations and the Afghan government should pay more attention to this issue.
“All Afghan officials I have met in recent years have said that Iran has created this precious opportunity for Afghan children without any propaganda or demands,” she added, expressing her displeasure at the media silence. .
According to data collected by E’temad daily using the 2016 census and other sources, 1,583,979 Afghan migrants live in Iran, accounting for 2% of Iran’s population. Nearly 11,000 study at Iranian universities and 360,000 attend Iranian schools.
The majority of these migrants (516,000) live in the province of Tehran. 220,000 live in Khorasan Razavi (which shares the border with Afghanistan), 183,000 in Isfahan, 125,000 in Kerman and 109,000 in the province of Fars.
