Tehran (IP) - Iran's Ministry of Education announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for the years 2020-2021.

Iran Press/Iran News: Iran's Vice-minister of education for International Affairs Gholamreza Karimi in a meeting with UNICEF Representative in Tehran Mandeep O'Brien highlighted that Iran's Ministry of Education is ready to cooperate with UNICEF in order to improve the quality of education in accordance with the approaches of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Karimi presented a report on the Ministry of Education's activities in combating COVID-19 and the reopening of schools and asked UNICEF to provide the ministry with the best global experiences in the field of education. 

UNICEF representative in Iran appreciated Iran's progress in the field of education, especially the covering of 99% of student and elimination of inequality in education for girls and boys, and announced UNICEF's readiness to cooperate with Iran in the field of intercultural education for refugees and to provide successful global experiences on education.

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