Report Gauges Education Indices

A new report released by the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has ascertained indices related to Iran’s education system and compared it to global standards.
The average literacy rate of Iranians over 15 years stood at 87.6% in the fiscal 2019-20, which is above the international average (86.48% in 2019), but lower than that of upper middle-income countries (96% in 2016), according to the report. 
Tehran Province had the highest literacy rate with 93.8% and Sistan-Baluchestan Province had the lowest with 73.9%.
The report also shows 0.99% of children between 12 and 17 years did not have elementary education in the year under review. The share in Sistan-Baluchestan, Yazd, Zanjan, Qazvin and Khorasan Razavi provinces were higher than 1.5%.