School

2019-09-15 20:34

22 school bus lines set up in Tehran

TEHRAN – Twenty two lines for school buses have been established in the city of Tehran, aimed at providing students with transportation services to ensure that they can attend schools safely, Tehran bus operating company's managing director Peyman Sanandaji has said.

2019-08-20 20:10

National Biotech School to open soon

TEHRAN- Iran National Biotechnology School will start its work with the support of Pasteur Institute of Iran and Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, ISNA reported on Monday.

Iranian philanthropist Mohammad Reza Hafezi passes away

2019-06-12 21:08

Prominent philanthropist Mohammad Reza Hafezi passes away

TEHRAN – Head of a charity society for building schools Mohammad Reza Hafezi died at the age of 88 on Tuesday.

2019-03-10 10:16

Budget for school renovation up by 5-fold to $900m

TEHRAN – A total budget of 38 trillion rials (nearly $900 million) has been allocated for rebuilding and retrofitting old schools across the country for the next Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21), which demonstrates a 5-fold rise year on year, IRNA reported on Saturday.

2019-01-23 09:59

‘Environmental education must be acquired at earlier ages’

TEHRAN – Environmental education has been included in the country’s school curriculum to prepare students for natural resources and environment protection, while it needs to be more efficient and acquired at earlier ages to make favorable cognitive and behavioral changes in the students, Mehr news agency reported on Sunday.

2019-01-05 23:27

Highest number of out-of-school children in 5 provinces

TEHRAN – Five provinces of Sistan-Baluchestan, Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, Khuzestan and Kerman are home to the highest number of children not having access to school or education nationwide, Deputy Education Minister Rezvan Hakimzadeh has stated.

2018-12-27 10:11

$3b approved for improving safety of schools

TEHRAN – The sixth five-year national development plan (2016-2021) has predicted a total budget of $3 billion to be allocated for rebuilding and retrofitting old schools across the country, director of the organization for renovation, development and equipment of schools has said.

2018-12-22 09:00

Schools to be equipped with standard heating systems: official

TEHRAN — Approximately 90,000 classes nationwide don’t have standard heating systems, deputy director of schools renovation, development and equipment organization said, adding the classes are to be equipped within the next one to two years.

2018-09-26 21:49

Charity foundation inaugurates 110 schools in underprivileged areas

TEHRAN — Barekat Charity Foundation inaugurated 110 schools in underprivileged areas nationwide on Wednesday, IRNA news agency reported.

2018-09-24 23:19

No school for autistic girls in Tehran

TEHRAN – Despite existing five schools special for autistic boy students in Tehran, there still exists no school for girls suffering the disease, said Seyed Mohammad Ali Miri, an official with Iran Autism Association here on Sunday.

In a symbolic gesture President Rouhani rang the bell at a girls’ high school in Tehran

2018-09-23 18:03

Progress, resistance achieved via schools: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday underlined the importance of schools for the Iranian society, saying Iran’s progress and resistance was achieved through the schools.

2018/08/18

By Syed Zafar Mehdi

Kabul school attack underscores threat to Afghanistan’s future

“How could they attack a classroom,” a friend asked, noticeably angry and outraged. There are no easy answers to that. A human mind cannot come to terms with the atrociousness of such horrendous crimes against humanity. Barging inside a packed classroom and blowing up young school children is no chivalry. It is an act of cowardice and spinelessness. The victims were not carrying arms and they were not on the frontlines of war. They were inside a classroom, preparing for university entrance examination.

2018-08-11 17:45

$65m allotted to address social vulnerability among students

TEHRAN — The social affairs organization, affiliated to the Ministry of Interior, has allotted some 270 billion rials (nearly $65 million) to address social vulnerabilities among students, the organization’s director has said.

2018-07-17 09:18

Old schools in Kerman to be turned into eco-lodges, guest houses

TEHRAN – Old and abandoned schools will be transformed into eco-lodges and guest houses in order to develop hospitality industry across towns and villages in Kerman province, southeastern Iran.

2018-05-30 15:50

Schoolmaster accused of sexual harassment held in detention

TEHRAN — A schoolmaster who is accused of sexually harassing some 15 boys in a private high school in Tehran is being held in detention, Tehran Prosecutor General Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said on Tuesday.

2018-04-30 21:48

Academy of crafts makes debut in Tehran

TEHRAN – An academy of handicrafts was inaugurated in downtown Tehran on Saturday, becoming first of its kind in the Iranian capital.

2018-04-25 09:03

Most of Iran’s old schools are in Tehran: official

TEHRAN – The highest number of old and dilapidated schools in Iran are in the capital, Tehran, said director general of Tehran education department, adding that some of the schools are 80 to 100 years old.

2018-04-21 19:46

Iran sees Russian language an option to end English monopoly

TEHRAN – Iran is considering Russian language as an option among other languages to be added to its educational curriculum, aiming to end the monopoly of English as the second language on schools, Tasnim quoted Education Minister Mohammad Bat'haei as saying on Friday.

2018-04-14 19:57

90 schools to be built in quake-stricken areas

TEHRAN — Construction of some 90 schools will be completed in quake-stricken areas of Kermanshah, western Iran, by the beginning of the school year falling on September 23, Tasnim news agency reported on Saturday.

2018-02-24 20:22

ISESCO to build two schools in quake-hit Kermanshah

TEHRAN – The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) will establish two schools in the quake-stricken province of Kermanshah, western Iran.

2018-02-15 10:03

‘Some $8b needed to retrofit schools nationwide’

TEHRAN – Retrofitting all schools across the country will need 400 trillion rials (nearly $8 billion), said Mohammad Reza Hafezi, the head of a charity society active in building schools.

2018-02-04 19:56

Charity foundation to build 1,000 schools nationwide

TEHRAN — Barekat charity foundation and the Education Ministry have signed a memorandum of understanding to build 1,000 schools nationwide, IRIB reported on Sunday.

2018-02-03 20:04

Some 1,400 schools in Tehran to be renovated in 10 years

TEHRAN — The organization for development, renovation, and equipping of school of Tehran, affiliated with Education Ministry, will retrofit and reconstruct 1,400 dilapidated schools in the province over the course of 10 years, ISNA reported on Saturday.