School Enrollment Coverage in East Azerbaijan Reaches 99.52%

Tabriz – The director general of education in East Azerbaijan announced that the province's school enrollment coverage has reached 99.52%, ranking second nationally on this indicator.

According to Mehr reporter, Esfandiar Sadeghi, on Tuesday evening, at the meeting of the movement for the development of educational justice with the participation of the people in Tabriz, which was held in the presence of Mohammad Jaafar Qaimpanah, the executive vice president and special representative of the government on a provincial trip to East Azarbaijan, explained the actions of this group in the field of developing educational spaces, improving the quality of education and expanding equal educational opportunities, and emphasized the need for continued cooperation between the government, people and donors to meet the needs of schools.

Referring to the measures taken to develop educational spaces in the province, he said: the construction and equipping of schools has been pursued with the participation of people, benefactors, governors, district officials, executive bodies, industrial owners, and government and private collections, and the social responsibility capacity of enterprises is also considered in this regard.

Sadeghi considered the follow-ups of the governor of East Azerbaijan and the cooperation of the executive bodies to be effective in advancing educational space development programs and said: the detailed report on the construction and school building measures of the province will be provided by the General Directorate of School Renovation, Development and Equipping.

An increase of 1.14 points in the average grades of the twelfth grade

The Director General of Education of East Azerbaijan called the improvement of educational quality along with the development of infrastructure as one of the main activities of this group and added: Empowering programs for managers and teachers focusing on new teaching methods, improving the teaching and learning process and implementing transformational programs of the Ministry of Education have been implemented.

Stating that more than 80% of teachers in the province have participated in empowerment programs, he said: These measures have contributed to the improvement of teaching methods and the organization of classrooms.

Sadeghi announced the increase in the average scores of the twelfth grade final exams and said: The average scores of the twelfth grade students in the centralized and national final exams have increased by 1.14 points compared to last year.

He also pointed to the results of this year's national entrance exam and said: East Azerbaijan students have obtained two single-digit ranks, dozens of double-digit ranks, and hundreds of three-digit ranks.

According to the Director General of Education of East Azerbaijan, the students with the fourth rank of the experimental group of experimental sciences and the seventh rank of the humanities group were also present in this meeting.

61% increase in the number of Olympiad students

Referring to the performance of students of the province in Science Olympiads, Sadeghi said: The number of students who reached the national level and won medals in student Olympiads has increased from 359 last year to 580 this year, which shows an increase of 61%.

He listed supporting the students of disadvantaged and rural areas, monitoring the quality of the education process and using the capacity of educational managers as other priorities of education in the province.

The Director General of Education of East Azerbaijan also mentioned attention to gender justice, increasing educational opportunities for girls and development of boarding schools among the axes to be pursued.

The activity of 71 schools with one student

Referring to the population dispersion in some rural areas of the province, Sadeghi considered the continuation of the activities of sparsely populated schools as one of the measures taken to prevent educational deprivation and said: This year, 71 rural schools with one student have been operating so that children living in sparsely populated areas can also have access to education.

He stated that the educational coverage of East Azerbaijan has reached 99.52 percent, and added that the province has won the second place in the country in this index due to the distribution of the population and the geographical conditions of the rural areas.

Development of conservatories with the participation of industries

The Director General of Education of East Azerbaijan listed the expansion of technical, professional and skill trainings in accordance with the needs of the society and the labor market among other programs of this group and stated: the development of government conservatories, especially in densely populated and underserved areas on the outskirts of cities, is a priority.

Referring to the planning for the establishment of conservatories adjacent to industries, he said: the use of the capacity of the private sector, industrial units and executive bodies to create conservatories related to the work environment is pursued in order to provide training for the skills required by the labor market.

Sadeghi considered the provision of educational equipment and facilities as one of the effective factors in increasing students' and families' acceptance of conservatories and added: The creation of specialized skill training conservatories has been started for the first time in the province and has been accompanied by the acceptance of students.

People's participation in realizing educational justice

In the end, the Director General of Education of East Azerbaijan emphasized on the continuation of programs for the development of educational spaces and improving the quality of learning.

Appreciating the support of the government and the presence of officials in schools and students, he expressed hope that with the continuation of these cooperations, the process of developing educational justice and improving the quality of education in East Azerbaijan will be followed more seriously.