November 2016

UNESCO works to meet huge education needs of displaced students in Iraq

After Syria, Iraq has the third largest number of IDPs in the world – 4.4 million (figures from “UNHCR Global Trends 2015”) with the majority of school-aged IDPs lacking access to education. With military operations currently underway in Mosul, it is expected that up to an additional 1 million people could be forcibly displaced due to violence and conflict.

Roshd International Film Festival with 820 Iranian and 224 Foreign Films

According to the Fars News, Sayyed Saeed Badieei Deputy of Publications and Educational Technology Office of the ministry and 46th Roshd Film Festival's Secretary said in a press conference referring to 53 years history of Roshd International Film Festival: Continuance of this event shows it's importance otherwise it would have been stopped or replaced by some other festival.