The Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq announced on Sunday that more than 1.8 million students will return to school, marking the start of the new 2025-2026 academic year. Prime Minister Masrour Barzani called on teaching staff to make the concepts of patriotism and environmental protection an important part of the educational system.
In a speech during the opening of the school year at a school in the city of Zakho, Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said, "I congratulate all students, teachers, and the people of Iraqi Kurdistan on the start of the new school year, and I thank the parents for sending their children to school. I am confident that these students will be leaders of a bright future."
Barzani called on teachers, students, and their families to "make the concepts of patriotism and environmental protection an important part of the educational system in every school and every home." For his part, Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw, while participating in the ringing of the school year bell at Al-Ayubi School, said, "I congratulate the students and teachers on the occasion of the start of the new school year, and we wish them success." He explained that "the new ministerial formation represents the foundation of the strategic programs for the educational process."
He pointed out that "more than 1.8 million students have headed to their schools in the Kurdistan Region to begin their new school year."
The school year bell was rung at Al-Ayubi School in Erbil on Sunday morning, in the presence of Erbil Governor Omed Khoshnaw, the Director General of Erbil Education, the President of the Kurdistan Teachers' Union, and a number of supervisors and teachers.
Barzani calls for making the concepts of patriotism and environmental protection an important part of the educational system.
