The attraction and "guidance" of the most elite Iranian students to Türkiye "continues"
While the Iranian Ministry of Education had previously called for a halt to sending elite Iranian students to Turkey, an official from the ministry said that exams are still being held in some regions of Iran to attract and "guide" the most elite Iranian students to Turkey.
Mehdi Fayyazi, head of the Center for International Affairs and Schools Abroad at the Ministry of Education, told ISNA news agency on Monday, September 11, that Turkey continues to hold exams such as the "Yosef" exam in Tabriz and some other regions of Iran and "unofficially" recruits Iranian graduate students.
The report writes that a Turkish institution "based in Tehran, with the help of the Turkish Education Foundation, lured students from all over Iran, invited them to Tehran, held a scientific competition among these elite students, and awarded scholarships to the most elite students for Turkey."
According to previously published reports, most of these students came to Tehran from deprived and remote areas of Iran to take the exam and compete to study at Imam Khatib high schools in Turkey.
Mehdi Fayyazi added on Monday that the students will be sent, especially "in the fields of dentistry and medicine, which have a high demand."
Fayazi continued that the Ministry of Education has warned the Ministry of Guidance to prevent the actions of Turkish institutions active in this field, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic has also "followed up two or three times."
The head of the Center for International Affairs and Schools Abroad first told the state-run IRNA news agency in mid-June that the branch of the Turkish Yunus Emre Institute in Tehran was registering Iranian students in schools in Turkey.
So far, numerous reports have been published on the migration of students, graduates, and professors from Iranian universities.
On Sunday, September 10, the "World of Economics" newspaper published a report based on statistics that the source of which was not disclosed, reporting the emigration of "160 cardiologists over the past year" from Iran, adding that "16,000 general practitioners" have also emigrated from the country over the past four years.
However, there are no accurate statistics available about the migration of Iranian students abroad.
The attraction of Iranian students to Turkish schools comes at a time when Iranian immigration to Turkey and their purchase of houses in the country have increased sharply in recent years.
Source: Radio Fard
