The new school year began in Iran this morning, Thursday, September 23, in the presence of the interim Minister of Education in one of the primary schools.
Contrary to the practices followed in previous years, no report was published on the speech or attendance of the President of the Republic in connection with the beginning of the new school year, and the Speaker of Parliament and the Interim Minister of Education addressed the issue of “War Week” in their conversation.
It is noteworthy that Iranian officials make contradictory statements about the timing and method of reopening schools for several months, but in recent weeks, the periods of September 23 or October have been proposed as dates for the virtual or virtual reopening of schools.
Ali Reza Kazemi, the Interim Minister of Education, announced at the school bell ringing ceremony this morning, Thursday, that first-graders “must be in school for at least one day” to get to know their teachers, and then virtual education will begin (education counts after) .
He also said that efforts are being made to get students to attend schools over time. Kazemi dedicated his speech to young students for “War Week”, and talked about the “culture of martyrdom.”
The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Muhammad Baqir Qalibaf, also attended a school in Rasht, northern Iran, today, Thursday, and rang the bell for the beginning of the school year.
Qalibaf referred to the “War Week,” the school, and the eight-year war with Iraq as “centres of human education and development.”
On Wednesday, one day before the start of the new school year, the Iranian President, Ibrahim Raisi, stressed the need to reopen schools, saying: “Currently, due to the conditions of Corona, schools have started by default, and in some areas as a combination of the default (study). remotely) and face to face.
On the other hand, the issue of student vaccination and the observance of health regulations in schools has received various comments in recent weeks and months.
Alireza Kazemi, the interim Minister of Education, had said earlier that reopening schools is in the hands of school principals and the Student Parents Association, and that “no school has the right to act in violation of the rules and regulations of the ministries of health and education.”
“The possibility of providing vaccines to students from Cuba and China has been considered,” Alireza Raisi, a spokesman for the National Headquarters for Combating Corona, said on August 28. He predicted that “all schools will be reopened as of October 23, and that from September 23, from 30 to 40 percent of schools will be open in person.”
Three days before the start of the school year, the IRNA news agency reported that the World Health Organization has repeatedly stated that the new Delta strain will also affect children, and in these circumstances, and the lack of a vaccine for children, it would be very dangerous to reopen schools. “.
On the other hand, Haider Mohammadi, Director-General of the Food and Drug Organization, said that “there is no special vaccine for children under 12 years old,” adding: “Sinopharma” has been licensed for emergency use for people under the age of 18, and that the “Pastokook” vaccine Certified by Cuba, its injection is safe for people under the age of 18.
Mohammadi said in a television program that the opening of some schools is dangerous, and the Ministry of Education should not reopen any school before the students are fully vaccinated.
Source: Iran Intel
