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The head of the state-run Literacy Movement Organization in Iran has acknowledged that some 10 million Iranians over the age of 6 cannot read and write.<\/p>\n
In a meeting with the officials of the Southern Khorasan province, Ali Bagherzadeh said: \u201cThere are 9,719,000 illiterate in the country out of which some 8,000 are in this province.\u201d<\/p>\n
Based on the latest figures presented by this official, over 13 percent of the country of 76 million are illiterate.<\/p>\n
According to UNESCO, in literacy, Iran is rated 84th among the world\u2019s 164 countries.<\/p>\n
In Iran also there exists a high rate of inadequate literacy. Nearly 61 percent of women and 43 percent of men above the age of 25 have education levels of about middle school, according to a report by UNESCO in 2011.<\/p>\n
Traditionally, by definition, any person who cannot read in one language has been considered literate. But in today\u2019s word reading and writing alone could not make a person literate.<\/p>\n
In addition to having the ability to read and write, a literate person must also have some specific skills so that the person can effectively participate in public life.<\/p>\n
In some societies, a person who cannot use the Internet is considered to have low literacy skills.
The official figures in Iran are not reliable as the state-run organizations are known to manipulate the figures to show a better of view of social situation under the mullahs in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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