90.4% Physical Progress in East Azerbaijan's Educational Justice Projects

Tabriz – The Director General of School Renovation, Development and Equipment in East Azerbaijan announced 90.4% physical progress in the Educational Justice Development Movement projects and the province's fourth-place national ranking on this indicator.

According to Mehr reporter, Farhad Farhodi on Tuesday evening at the meeting of the movement for the development of educational justice with the participation of the people in Tabriz in the presence of Mohammad Jaafar Qaimpanah, the executive vice president and the special representative of the government on a provincial trip to East Azarbaijan, explaining the latest status of school building projects in the province, he stated: The development of educational justice has become one of the main axes of the province's management in recent years, and the participation of people, benefactors and executive bodies has played an important role in advancing this program.

Pointing to the importance of investing in the field of education, he added: Investing in building schools and developing educational infrastructure is not considered an expense, but is an action to educate the future generation and progress of the country.

Definition of 297 projects in the first phase of the educational justice movement

The General Director of East Azerbaijan School Renovation, Development and Equipping, explaining the status of the projects of the first stage of the educational justice development movement, said: In this stage, 297 projects including 1,337 classrooms with a total infrastructure of 1,41,102 square meters have been defined.

Farhoudi announced the physical progress of these projects at 90.4% and added: With the follow-ups of the government and the provincial administration, the process of implementing educational projects is followed seriously.

He announced the beginning of the second phase of this movement in East Azerbaijan and stated: In recent months, 499 new projects including 2,930 classrooms have been defined with the coordination of education and school renovation groups.

The first rank of the province in the management indicators of the development of educational spaces

Referring to the results of the evaluations of the performance of the province in the implementation of the educational justice development movement, Farhoudi said: East Azerbaijan has achieved the first rank in the country in the indicators of managerial support for the development of educational spaces, the establishment of the operation control room, the quality of the implementation of projects and the smartening of equipment.

He added: The province has won the second place in the country in the field of public participation, and in terms of the average progress of projects, it has been placed in the fourth place in the country with a figure of 90.4%.

The General Director of East Azerbaijan School Renovation, Development and Equipping identified the participation of people and benefactors as one of the important features of this movement and said: The cooperation of various sectors of the society and executive bodies has provided the basis for the continuation of the implementation of projects even in difficult economic conditions.

Distribution of projects based on the needs of the cities

Referring to the dispersion of educational justice development movement projects in the provinces of the province, Farhoudi said: the distribution of projects has been done according to the needs of different regions and the lack of educational spaces, and underserved cities have also been considered in this program.

Stating that the evaluation of the performance of the cities is done continuously, he added: Since the 8th of Bahman 1403, six indicators have been defined to measure the performance of the regions and the status of the cities is compared and reviewed on a monthly basis based on these indicators.

The director general of renovation, development and equipping of East Azerbaijan schools announced the completion of 82 independent connection projects and said: these projects, each of which has more than 10 teachers, have been fully completed.

He also named the development and improvement of existing educational spaces as another focus of this group's activities and added: In addition to the construction of new schools, the renovation and repair of classrooms has also been pursued with the participation of people, jihadi groups, benefactors, and parents' and teachers' associations.

Reconstruction of 17,833 classrooms in three years

Referring to the actions taken in the field of school improvement, Farhodi said: During the past three years, 17,833 classrooms in East Azerbaijan have been renovated and improved with the participation of people, jihadi groups, benefactors, and parents' and teachers' associations.

He considered social participation as one of the important capacities for the development of educational spaces and emphasized: the continued cooperation of the government, provincial administration, executive bodies, benefactors and people can accelerate the process of completing half-finished projects and eliminating educational deficiencies.

In the end, the General Director of East Azerbaijan School Renovation, Development and Equipping stressed on the continuation of the educational justice development movement's programs with a focus on completing projects, improving the quality of school construction and distributing educational facilities in different regions of the province.