TEHRAN – Afghan refugee children went to school in Iran on Saturday as the Iranian students started the new school year this morning. Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has issued an order three years ago stressing that all Afghan children, even children of the undocumented migrants living in the country […]
TEHRAN – Afghan refugee children went to school in Iran on Saturday as the Iranian students started the new school year this morning.
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has issued an order three years ago stressing that all Afghan children, even children of the undocumented migrants living in the country illegally, have the right to register and study in the country’s schools.
According to Tasnim dispatches, this year Afghan pupils has less problems in registration process for the Iranian schools.
Speaking to Tasnim, a number of Afghan refugees expressed their satisfaction with easy process of signing up their children in Iranian schools this year given the on time issuance of educational support cards for undocumented Afghan migrants.
There was less report of violation of rules regarding registration of Afghan children in Iranian schools and all state-run schools were ordered to accept the refugee children free of charge, the Tasnim reporter said after interviews with the afghan families.
That is while, the Iranian Education Minister Mohammad Bathaei, said 370,000 refugee children have already registered in Iranian schools.
Afghan and UN officials have always praised Iran for providing Afghan children with the opportunity to receive education.
Iran has hosted Afghan refugees since the late 1970s following the occupation of their country by the Soviet Union troops. Although many of those refugees have returned to their country voluntarily, there are still more than two million documented and undocumented Afghans in Iran.
