No Separate Schools For Immigrant Students, Says Iran's Ministry of Education

Ali Farhadi, a spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Education, said that there are no special schools for immigrant students in the country.

Farhadi said that the ministry has no intention of separating immigrant students from Iranian students.

A spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Education said on Friday (November 22) that about 600,000 foreign students are studying in the country's schools, the majority of whom are Afghans.

The official stressed that the rumours circulating in the media about the construction of special schools for immigrants and the separation of students are not true. Previously, rumours about the separation of immigrant students from Iranian students had been spread on some websites.

The spokesperson of the Iranian Ministry of Education clarified that in some neighbourhoods in Iran, the population density of immigrants is high, and for this reason, the number of immigrant students is more prominent in the schools of those neighbourhoods. He added that the Ministry of Education does not believe in the establishment of special schools for immigrants.

Ali Farhadi acknowledged that coexistence and interaction between Iranian and immigrant students leads to an improvement in the cultural environment and increased social interactions. The Ministry of Education supports this method of education, he said.