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Education and ADAP

What We Do?, A child’s right to education entails the right to learn. With its national partners, UNICEF Iran works hard to make sure that every child has access to inclusive education. You may find the areas of our work below. A girl smiling at school Two young boys with disability Youth participation, Explore mo...

Access to Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities

The issue faced, Disability is one of the major reasons for school-aged children being out of school in Iran. Indeed, some 15 per cent of pupils with disabilities are out of school at primary level, well above the 2 per cent rate recorded for all primary pupils.   Two major fundamental challenges are driving ...

Education for Refugees

The issue faced, An influx of refugees from Afghanistan into Iran is placing intense pressure on Iranian education infrastructure and services. In areas hosting large numbers of refugees, class sizes have increased, and schools are running out of physical spaces to host newly enrolled pupils. The quality and bread...

UNICEF and the Islamic Republic of Iran Country Programme of Cooperation 2023-2027

UNICEF has been supporting children in Iran since the early 1950s. It initially supported vaccination of children against tuberculosis and equipped the country's first pasteurized milk factory and later expanded its activities to child health programmes, such as promoting breastfeeding, vaccination and preventing ...

Unleashing Potential: Empowering Children with Disabilities Through Inclusive Education

In the suburbs of Torbat-e Jam, nestled within the eastern province of Khorasan Razavi, Abolfazl’s father carries him and his brother Mohammad up the stairs where a dedicated social worker, Ms Tahereh Ramezani, eagerly awaits their arrival. Twice a week, she enters their home, armed with knowledge and a desire to help them review their school…

UNICEF supports school entrance health screening for 1.5 million children in Iran

Every child in Iran is required to take the Health and School Readiness Screening Programme as a mandatory pre-requisite for enrolling in grade one of a formal school. The screening programme aims to assess the child’s school readiness as well as their hearing, vision and overall health to identify any support the...

1,500 Afghan and Iranian children benefited from remedial classes, stationery kits and hygiene packs

More than 1,500 Iranian and Afghan refugee children were provided with educational support through remedial school classes, stationery, and hygiene kits in several provinces with high numbers of refugees. Supported by financial aid from the EU’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), UNICEF worke...

UNICEF provides recreational and educational tool kits for 430 Afghan and Iranian children without effective caregivers

Four hundred and thirty children without effective caregivers have received quality educational and recreational items which were procured and donated by UNICEF to 109 alternative care centres across the country as part of a joint collaboration with the State Welfare Organization (SWO). These items will strengthen...

03 January 2023

“I love going to school; I want to be a strong good person”

It has been a year since 7-year-old Zeinab and her twin sister Zinat left Mazar Sharif in Afghanistan with their family and moved to Kerman, the capital city of Kerman Province in central Iran. Zeinab’s dream is to become a doctor. “I want to go to school, study hard and become a good person,” she says, “I love to go to school, to do sport, and…

07 December 2022

Health Screening Programme for Afghan refugee children

Annually, more than 1 million children participate in mandatory Health Screening Programme, and their readiness for attending school and their needs are identified. In the new school year, UNICEF Iran supported the enrollment of Afghan refugee students, nomad children and children in the most disadvantaged areas, in this programme. Zeinab and…

19 September 2022

SEO and UNICEF organized workshops on e-learning content production for teachers of children with special needs

  UNICEF in collaboration with the Special Education Organization (SEO), organized a series of master teachers training workshops on creating digital learning content for children with special needs. Eighty teachers from across the country participated in this 40-hour training, which ...

19 September 2022

SEO and UNICEF equipped 32 e-learning studios to facilitate distance learning for children with special needs

  UNICEF supported the Special Education Organization(SEO) to equip 32 e-learning studios in all the provinces across the country to develop and enhance distance learning for children with special needs. The programme includes equipping the studios with cameras, kit flashes, multimedi...