TEHRAN – Literacy movement organizations have started working in primary schools in cooperation with the Ministry of Education.
IRNA said the project aims to improve personal skills, social skills and life literacy beyond formal education.
He pointed out that after 45 years, the country’s literacy rate has increased from 47.5 percent to 97.5 percent currently.
Currently, the literacy movement organization has around 2,000 locations in primary schools and 89 activity centers across the country, Hooravand added.
Approximately 19,000 female-headed households will be targeted for this project in collaboration with the Welfare Organization and the Literacy Movement Organization. These women are under the age of 50 and are illiterate or have low literacy skills.
He further said that female household heads and their out-of-school children across the country can also benefit from this project.
Cooperation between these organizations contributes to reducing illiteracy and improving education for vulnerable populations.
Literacy Movement Organization Goals
Eliminating illiteracy in the country, promoting cultural independence, and educational justice were among the most important goals in the formation of the literacy movement.
While the global literacy rate has increased by about 18% over the past 40 years, Iran’s literacy rate reached 50% during the same period, IRNA reported.
Almost a year after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, a literacy movement organization was established on the orders of Imam Khomeini to eradicate illiteracy.
At the time, more than half of Iran’s population over the age of six could not read or write. Now Iran is trying to eliminate illiteracy.
To improve the literacy rate in the country, literacy movement organizations have taken several steps.
“In line with the Literacy Movement’s development plan to accelerate the literacy movement in the country, it has been decided to select 10 priority provinces in the country as pilots for project implementation,” ISNA quoted Gholamreza Borooj, an official at the Literacy Movement, as saying.
The Literacy Movement organization also plans to improve the country’s literacy rate from the students’ abilities in the near future.
“In an effort to promote literacy and motivate the illiterate to learn, we will involve students and leverage their abilities and knowledge to tackle illiteracy,” Pana quoted Borozi as saying.
High school students who are interested in education may volunteer to become teachers, he added.
They primarily identify illiterate people in their families and relatives and register them in a system designed by literacy campaign organizations. Once the recorded information is confirmed, instruction can begin.
Finally, learners can take an exam and get a certificate if they pass the exam, he added.
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