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News ID: 44511
Publish Date : 23 September 2017 - 21:12

New School Year Begins in Iran



TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday attended a school in Tehran to ring the opening bell of the new academic year in the country.
The president inaugurated the new school year at Shahid Bahonar Girls’ School in the capital, Tehran, on Saturday.
There, he congratulated Iranian students, teachers, and education authorities on the occasion.
President Rouhani advised teachers to acquaint their students with the right way to work with the cyberspace, "since the cyberspace is like a double-edged sword, which can either destroy our lives or build the path of growth and elevation for us.”
Rouhani said his first request from the country’s minister of education in his recently-inaugurated cabinet had been to help students learn a profession within the 12-year-long school process so they can begin working in the society, should they choose not to pursue academic education.
The president further advised tolerance and respect for others’ ideas within schools.
Rouhani also hailed Iranian students’ achievements in world science Olympiads and the performance of Iranian elite within notable international academic circles.
The Iranian school year officially begins in fall every year and continues until the beginning of summer. Together with New Year Holidays in March, summers are when schools are off.
Concurrent with the start of the new school year in Iran, 146 educational projects became operational.
About 1,300,000 first grade students have started their school year.
Students in Iran go to school for 10 months a year, or about 200 active days, from September to June. The average number of students per classroom is 20. From ages 7 to 18, boys and girls are educated separately.
Beginning at age 7, all students must pass a yearly exam in order to move to the next grade level. Students in primary school learn about hygiene, basic math and science, reading, and study skills.