Iraqi Ministry of Education launches initiative to accept Lebanese students in its schools

The Iraqi Minister of Education Ibrahim Namas Al-Jubouri issued on Saturday a directive regarding students and pupils coming from Lebanon.

The Ministry said in a statement, “In a national humanitarian initiative and support for Lebanese students, and in implementation of the Prime Minister’s directives to facilitate the affairs of the displaced, the Minister of Education directs the General Directorate for Evaluation and Examinations and the relevant bodies to issue urgent rules and instructions on Sunday to accommodate the pupils and students arriving from brotherly Lebanon in Iraqi schools.”

The statement added, “This initiative is to prevent the students from being deprived of education this year as quickly as possible.”

On the same day, Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani directed the Ministry of Interior to coordinate with the Lebanese Embassy in Iraq to grant Lebanese citizens wishing to come to Iraq travel documents quickly for those who do not possess passports.