Iraqi Government Takes On Illiteracy
With rising illiteracy rates across the country, particularly in rural areas, the Iraqi government has launched initiatives to boost literacy.
Iraqi authorities have decided to establish more than 500 literacy centers, after the Ministry of Education, led by Sunni politician Mohammad Tamim, acknowledged that the illiteracy rate in Iraq had risen to 22%.
The spokesman for the Commission for Literacy, Yehya al-Saffah, told Al-Monitor, “Around 5,000 illiterate individuals will enroll in the new centers.”
Saffah added, “We are trying to reduce the illiteracy rate, which has reached nearly a quarter of the population. It currently stands at 22%.”
The ministry announced in an official statement that it seeks to employ teachers to open classrooms in the newly established literacy centers.
