The Ministry of Education announced today, Saturday, the re-enrollment of around 200,000 students who have dropped out in the school years 2024, 2025, and 2026, while revealing the main reasons for school dropouts and the measures taken to mitigate this phenomenon.
The General Director of Education in Baghdad Al-Rusaafah, Falah Al-Qaisi, stated in a remark followed by the Video News Agency that the campaign to reintegrate dropouts in 2024 reached 260,000 students, of whom around 100,000 returned to their studies, emphasizing that the campaign is one of the most prominent educational projects.
He added that the project implemented in collaboration with UNICEF in 2025 was able to reach 238,000 students and pupils through communication with their families, resulting in the reintegration of approximately 92,800 of them back into education.
Al-Qaisi explained that poverty and the deterioration of the economic and social conditions of families are the main reasons for school dropouts, noting that the government grant contributed effectively to the reintegration of students, along with the opening of schools for orphans, which helped many who had stopped their education due to living conditions to return.
He further stated that the Ministry of Education, under the supervision of the minister and in coordination with the general directorates of education, formed field teams during 2026 to monitor the dropout issue and reinstate students in classrooms.
He pointed out that the Education Directorate in Baghdad Al-Rusaafah ranked first in Iraq after successfully reintegrating around 7,000 students and pupils back into education.
Al-Qaisi noted that there are several educational pathways to accommodate returning students, including formal education, taking into account the ages of students who have exceeded the age limit for the primary stage.