Tehran: Over 61,190 foreign-national students have joined schools in Iran's Razavi Khorasan Province, alongside 1.51 million Iranian students, according to the province's director general for education.

According to Islamic Republic News Agency, Safdar Soltani revealed at a press conference that the foreign students comprise 55,000 Afghan students with valid documents, 3,190 Iranian students lacking birth certificates, 1,900 foreign nationals with census documents, and 1,027 students from Arab, European, and East Asian countries. He noted that students enrolled in intermediate grades last year were permitted to re-register this year, following directives from the Ministry of Education.

The education system in the province employs 97,000 people, including 82,000 teachers, 8,500 personnel for educational quality improvement, and 6,500 staff members in support and service roles. Despite facing an annual shortage of educational personnel, management measures have mitigated staffing gaps this year. The smallest shortage is among primary-school teachers, while the greatest shortages are in counseling and health-related positions.