Tehran, July 17, IRNA - An Iranian MP accused the Education Ministry of former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for hiring 10,000 �unqualified teachers�.
�Citing data provided by the presidential office, Gholamali Jafarzadeh, MP from the northern city of Rasht, added,�14 percent (of teachers) who were employed had primary school degrees, 16 percent secondary school degrees, one percent having high school diplomas and 33 percent higher education degrees,� Thursday?s edition of ?Iran Daily? said in its Upside/Downside column.
He noted that the former government employed 450,000 people and established 200,000 organizations and institutes without �legal procedures.�

Jafarzadeh noted that over 650,000 people have been hired during the recent years.

�During the tenure of former administration, majority of family members of officials, governors, governor generals and ministers were employed without going through legal procedures,� Jafarzadeh said.

By IRNA

 

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