Shafaq News- Diyala
More than 10,000 dropout and absentee students returned toclassrooms this academic year, Diyala's Education Directorate revealed Monday.
Ammar al-Ubaidi, the directorate spokesperson, told ShafaqNews that the returning students were distributed across primary, intermediate,and secondary schools throughout the province's various districts, pointing outthat the reintegration was carried out through field campaigns involving localcommunity leaders (mukhtars) and educational staff within residential areas,alongside direct outreach meetings with students' families. Awareness campaignswere also conducted in public spaces and through mosques.
Haytham Raed, a human rights activist, said that while thefigures reflect a visible government effort, they represent only students whowere successfully reached, adding that thousands more may remain outside themonitoring system.
“The dropout problem persists, and what has been achievedconstitutes only a partial solution; some students' continued enrollment may belinked to improvements in their social, economic, or security conditions.”