The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has held remedial classes for more than 1,500 students in six provinces of the country with high numbers of refugees.

The Iranian deputy minister of science, research and technology says the country is hosting around 40,000 Afghan students, and that three Iranian universities are ready to give admissions to female Afghans, who are denied of the right to higher education at home. Vahid Haddadi-Asl told ISNA that the Ministry is working to solve the financial issues ...

The Qatar Fund for Development has provided some five million euros to support Afghan students in Iran. The Iranian Charity Schools Association signed a memorandum of understanding with the Qatar Fund for Development in Tehran on Sunday with the aim of supporting the education of Afghan students in Iran, Tasnim reported. According to the agreement,...

Irans Student Affairs Organization (SFO) is trying to facilitate exit and entry for foreign students in collaboration with the passport police, the head of the organization said. Speaking in a meeting with elite Afghan students on Sunday, Hashem Dadashpour said that Iran is a part of a broader cultural region which is the source of cultural commonalities ...

July 12, The Iran Project An Iranian official says in accordance witha directiveby Leader of the Islamic Revolution, more than 80,000 foreign nationals students in Iran became educated in 2015 and 2016. Attending a meeting with the presence of foreign countries ambassadors residing in Iranon Tuesday, the managing director of Iranian Interior Ministry's ...

June 20, The Iran Project An official of Irans Ministry of Education says we are honored to host 360,000 Afghan students in accordance with the Supreme Leaders order not to deprive Afghan children from education, even undocumented or illegal ones. In a meeting with Abdulwaseh Aryan Deputy Director of Afghanistan Education Planning and Policy Planning ...

April27, The Iran Project An Iranian official says international organization hails Iran's humanitarian efforts due to the country's educational services to refugees' children. Following Supreme Leaders order not to deprive Afghan children, even undocumented or illegal ones, from education, 77 thousand students of the families of illegal nationals ...

February 20, The Iran Project Iran's Deputy Minister of Education has announced that 400 thousand foreign nationals' students are studying in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Speaking at the signing ceremony of a MoU known as "GGP" between Iran and Japan on Sunday, Iran's Deputy Minister of Education Khalilollah Babalou said having a humanitarian ...

January 12, The Iran Project Following a decree by leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei that all Afghan children in Iran should be permitted schooling regardless of their residency status, Head of the Literacy Movement Organization has announced that the literacy rate of foreign nationals has grown by 60 percent since the beginning ...

September 21, The Iran Project A group of immigrants cultural activists has set out blooms campaign aimed at supporting talented students of Afghan immigrants. Following Irans Supreme Leaders order not to deprive Afghan children from education, even undocumented or illegal ones, a large number of immigrant students have been enrolled in Iranian ...

The process for registration of refugee children in schools has been facilitated and all doors are open, so there is no reason for any concern, said Shahin Noushabadi, deputy head of the Education Ministrys Center for International Affairs and Overseas Schools. The protocol on registering refugee children, mostly Afghans, was issued in early July ...

Tehran, April 25, IRNA Some 360,693 Afghan students are studying in Iranian schools, said an Education Ministry official here Sunday. The ministrys official for international affairs, Khalilollah Babalou said besides the above-mentioned Afghan students, most of Afghan children who are currently residing illegally in Iran, have been enrolled in ...

Tehran, August 29, The Iran Project 48 thousand undocumented Afghan students have registered for entering the Iranian schools, says Vice Education Minister and Head of Centre for International Affairs and Schools Abroad. Head of Centre for International Affairs and Schools Abroad, Khalilullah Babalou announced on Saturday that 48000 illegal Afghan ...

Tehran, August 18, The Iran Project A group of Iranian studentsare going to get together tofacilitate the conditions for Afghan childrens education. In a collective effort to make the educational conditions of Afghan children easier,some high school girls will hold a food charityin Tehran on Thursday to the benefitof Afghan students, according toTasnim ...

Tehran, August 4, The Iran Project Irans Interior Ministry has given a five-day chance to undocumented Afghan students to enroll in Iranian schools. Irans Interior Ministry has given a five-day chance to 7-18 years old Afghan students to get an educational letter of recommendation that allows them to enroll in Iranian schools. The plan for issuing ...

Tehran, June 21, The Iran Project Afghan president hailed Irans supreme leader for his order to register all Afghan children in Irans schools regardless of their residency status. Releasing a video message on the occasion of World Refugee Day, Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani thanked Irans Supreme Leader for his order not to deprive Afghan ...

Tehran, May 18, The Iran Project - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that Afghan children, even undocumented or illegal ones, should not be deprived of education and all of them must be enrolled in Iranian schools, Tasnim News Agency said. A few months ago, Khalilollah Babaloo, Vice Minister of Education ...

Tehran, Dec 8, IRNA Iran is hosting Afghan students for more than 30 years and currently more than 330,000 Afghan students are studying in Iran, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Mohammad Mohaqiq said on Monday. In a meeting with Iranian Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani, Mohaqiq said: The cooperation of Irans Education Ministry has ...