Azerbaijan, Baku, July 12 /Trend T.Jafarov/
Schoolchildren from the second to the sixth grade will study individual sports from this academic year in Iran, Deputy Education Minister Kiyumars Hashim said, the İSNA news agency reports on Thursday.
Sport was voluntary until now. In accordance with the innovation each class will be engaged in a variety of sports: a second-class students will be engaged in gymnastics, the third class - swimming, fourth - tug of war, the fifth - tennis and sixth- athletics. The introduction of this innovation will contribute to the emergence of interest of schoolchildren to the sport and their healthy development.