Iran includes Kurkish in college curriculum
Iran has officially included the Kurdish Language and Literature major in college curriculum in the Kordestan region in west of the country.
The Kordestan University will admit 40 students into the major in the next Iranian academic year which starts late September, said the chancellor of the university Fardin Akhlaqian on Sunday.
He said the official guidebook published by the Iranian Organization for Educational Testing allows students to take up the Kurdish Language and Literature major.
Wrapping up a two-day visit to the provincial capital of Sanandaj on Sunday, President Hassan Rouhani officially announced the Kurdish language course will be launched in Kordestan, adding Iran's official state-run news agency IRNA will also begin to publish news and reports in Kurdish.
Rouhani hailed the Kurds as "brave and good" people, saying it is the duty of the government to “protect the language, culture and clothing” of all ethnic groups across Iran.
Akhlaqian said since 2002 work has been underway to develop courses for the academic discipline, but that the official permission for admission of students was delayed until the Rouhani administration came into office.
Iran has a population of roughly five million Kurds, with most of them living in the four western provinces of Kordestan, West Azarbaijan, Kermanshah and Ilam.
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