Student and Family Participation Is Central to Addiction Prevention Programs

The deputy for education and culture said the memorandum of understanding with the Headquarters for Combating Drugs is a step toward strengthening cultural and educational programs and preventing social harms in the new academic year.

According to Ambassador Arjan, quoted by the Ministry of Education, Sadegh Hosseinzadeh Maleki, in the ceremony of concluding an operational memorandum of understanding on addiction prevention between the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Vice President for Prevention and Treatment of the Presidential Anti-Narcotics Headquarters, stated: The new generations of countries have always been coveted by various profiteers, and in dangerous and evil competitions, the ill-wishers of the world have always sought to keep them from the main path of progress and development by negatively influencing the new generations. away from their country in order to keep the society backward and put them under various cultural, social, economic and political exploitations.

Emphasizing the strategic position of the new generation in the development of the country, he added: the most important capital of any country is its young and teenage generation, which, as a driving engine, pioneer, innovator and flow maker in the country's main path, can create very happy events for the nation.

The deputy director of education and culture of the Ministry of Education pointed out the generational distinction in Iranian society and stated: There is a special feature in our dear Iran; According to the interpretation of our martyred leader, if in other countries the pioneering age is in the youth period, in Iran, due to many historical and identity reasons, the pioneering age is defined in the teenage years, and our new generation is significantly different from other countries.

Hosseinzadeh Maleki added: Considering the historical, national and civilizational identity of Islamic Iran and the path ahead, our country is following a special drive in the global trend; For this reason, the ill-wishers of the world are more greedy for this border due to Iran's driving power and its great resources and strategic position. Therefore, we have seen that they have coordinated all their plans to harm this effective, clean, talented and intelligent generation, and they also make maximum use of regional profiteers to divert this effective generation from their original path.

He said about the supportive approach of education in the face of injuries: What we are seriously pursuing is to provide the protection and protection of students as much as possible, both on an individual scale and on a macro level, so that our children and teenagers can experience their growth and prosperity in a safer, more appropriate and healthier environment and achieve high human degrees and useful individual, family and social roles.

The Vice President of Education and Culture of the Ministry of Education noted: The set of programs that are being followed in the Ministry of Education, especially in the new period, in an important part, are concerned with the protection of students against harm that may challenge their growth and excellence. Among these axes, there is the issue of drugs and the dangers arising from them, the bad consequences of which have been evident in the world and in our country.

He considered the use of students' internal activism as the basic strategy of prevention and reminded: Considering that the driving age in Iran has reached the teenage period and our student society is very capable, talented and effective, the preparation of programs will be based on the capacity of students' activism. We also believe that with the help of the noble, broad, knowledgeable, concerned, caring and devoted community of teachers, coaches, counselors, managers and the sincere support of parents and families, effective cultural and educational programs will advance much better than in the past.

Hosseinzadeh Maleki, referring to the signing of the memorandum of understanding with the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters, emphasized: This MoU has provided very favorable conditions for the new academic year, as well as in relation to future joint programs between education and the Anti-Narcotics Headquarters. We hope that the blessings of this understanding and the supportive atmosphere resulting from it, with the role-playing of students, coaches, teachers, administrators, parents and all concerned in the field of education, will be more visible and effective in the cultural flow of the country.