TEHRAN — Barekat charity foundation and the Education Ministry have signed a memorandum of understanding to build 1,000 schools nationwide, IRIB reported on Sunday.

The charity foundation will finish the project of construction of one thousand schools, most particularly in underprivileged areas, within 4 years.

So far the foundation has completed construction of 6,000 schools for some 130,000 students in less developed and poor areas in 31 province of Iran. The construction project of the aforesaid schools valued at 7 trillion rials (nearly $155 million).

By the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20) at least some 300 new schools for around 44,000 students will be completed in poor and earthquake-stricken regions of Iran.

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