TEHRAN – As of the current academic year, which began on September 23, 2023, the Ministry of Education was able to enroll approximately 50,000 out-of-school students.
Although some progress has been made in identifying students who have dropped out of school this year, the main challenge remains encouraging students to return to school, IRNA quoted Hamid Tarifi Hosseini, an official at the Ministry of Education, as saying. quoted.
The ministry has allocated some staff to follow up on the return of about 80,000 out-of-school students, he added.
He further pointed out that there are more than 20 factors contributing to school dropout and not all those who are not enrolled in the grade can be classified as truants, of which around 5,000 were found to be deceased. .
The official further said that reforming the primary education administration system, expanding educational equity and opportunity, improving the quality of education, and strengthening the school system are the main goals of the Ministry of Education.
Identified out-of-school children
On March 9, Minister of Education Reza Morad Sahraei said that more than 200,000 out-of-school children have been identified this year and measures are being taken to help them continue their education.
By the end of last year, the number of out-of-school children in Japan had reached 900,000. [academic] IRNA reported in 2017.
Dropping out of school is a constant challenge in the education system of many countries. Countries are following specific strategies to address this problem.
According to Article 30 of the Constitution, the government must provide all citizens with free education up to secondary school and extend free higher education to the extent necessary for the country's independence.
Therefore, students need to be prevented from dropping out of school, and returning students to school requires careful planning. Children who are not in school should be organized.
In this regard, the Ministry of Education aims to serve the entire population by building and developing state-run schools, recruiting as many teachers as possible to educate students in all parts of the country, and ultimately developing a positive education system. They are trying to implement the Free Education Act. A culture that maximizes student attendance in the classroom.
Despite these efforts, there are still children in many parts of the country, including Tehran, who are unable to receive an education.
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