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New school year begins
Pezeshkian urges teamwork, skills to shape Iran’s future
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian rang in Iran’s 2026-27 academic year on Monday, telling students they could achieve their ambitions through perseverance, cooperation and practical skills.
“You are more valuable than gold,” Pezeshkian told the pupils, urging them to develop their talents, work together and learn how to tackle problems in their families, communities and beyond, president.ir reported.
Drawing on his own journey from an ordinary family to the presidency, he said determination and hard work could help people advance and encouraged students to focus their minds on becoming the best they could be.
The ceremony was held at Hazrat Fatemeh Zahra Girls’ Elementary School in Tehran’s District 11.
The president stressed that academic achievement should go hand in hand with practical training, saying students needed to apply what they learned in the classroom to real-life challenges.
“If you study well and acquire the necessary skills, you can solve the problems of your family, neighborhood, city, country and even the world,” he said.
He also called on students to cultivate friendship and mutual support, warning that disputes and infighting could undermine their collective efforts. Working in groups, he said, would help them achieve goals that might remain beyond their reach individually.
Pezeshkian urged teachers to adopt classroom methods centered on teamwork and problem-solving, identify students’ individual abilities and provide opportunities for hands-on learning. He said the government would work to improve educational conditions and expand the use of modern teaching technologies.
Addressing the students, he posed the question, “How do we identify a problem, and then how do we solve it?” He said developing the ability to think critically, communicate effectively and explore different solutions was essential to addressing challenges.
The president also encouraged pupils to practice energy conservation at school and at home, linking responsible consumption to maintaining production, supporting employment and helping create better opportunities for younger generations.
Meeting with teachers, Pezeshkian emphasized that values such as fairness, empathy and public service should be demonstrated through educators’ own conduct, saying practical example could leave a deeper impression than words alone.
He also urged teachers to encourage creativity and help students move beyond conventional ways of thinking, arguing that fresh approaches and sound reasoning were necessary to improve education and address the country’s challenges.