Editing Literacy (section)

====Iran====
In 2023, the Iranian government stopped a literacy campaign that had begun in 1930, despite 9 million people still being reported as illiterate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The literacy movement is facing a shortage of human resources |script-title=fa:نهضت سوادآموزی با کمبود نیروی انسانی مواجه است |url=https://www.irna.ir/amp/85210851/}}</ref> The government reported that elementary school education cost 5–40 million toman (approximately US$12–95 or €11–89) per child per year,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The condition of receiving more than the approved tuition fees in non-government schools was announced |script-title=fa:شرط دریافت مبالغی بیش از شهریه مصوب در مدارس غیردولتی اعلام شد |url=https://www.eghtesadonline.com/n/3hq8 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829100558/https://www.eghtesadonline.com/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C-30/733012-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%B7-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%A8-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA%DB%8C |archive-date=2023-08-29 |access-date=2023-09-19}}</ref> and 27% of children did not sign up for first grade because of the cost.<ref>{{Cite web |title=27% of first graders have not registered |script-title=fa:۲۷ درصد کلاس اولی‌ها ثبت نام نکرده‌اند |url=https://ettelaat.com/0003aP |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919042524/https://ettelaat.com/fa/news/13789/%DB%B2%DB%B7-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AB%D8%A8%D8%AA-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF |archive-date=2023-09-19 |access-date=2023-09-19}}</ref>