BOJNOURD, Khorasan Province Head of the Literacy Movement Office in Bojnourd, in the northeastern Province of Khorasan, announced that the movement, in cooperation with UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will once again launch an educational program in this city.
Ahmad Daliri told an orientation meeting of the Literacy Movement in Bojnourd that the plan for the setting up of educational complexes will be carried out in seven villages of the city.
He said that 450 female students, who have so far received no formal education, will attend elementary and complementary classes and, at the same time, become acquainted with relief aid, individual and community health care and family planning.
Daliri further added, the students will also attend courses in needlework and knitting.
According to him, auxiliary teachers have already received necessary training in short-term courses.
Similar plan was launched in two villages of Bojnourd last year in which 43 girls under 18 years of age attended the courses.
In August, UNESCO presented the movement with an international award and a certificate of merit for its efforts in carrying out programs for the education of girls who did not have access to schooling.
The Literacy Movement managed to implement the plan in six provinces of the country during the last academic year.
The movement also received UNESCO awards in 1991 and 1998 for the successful implementation of its plans in the areas of literacy mobilization and applied education.
(IRNA)