Iraq’s Parliament passes Anti-Illiteracy Law

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The Iraqi Parliament has voted unanimously on the law for the elimination of illiteracy in Iraq on Thursday, taking place on the International Day for the Elimination of Illiteracy, the Parliament’s Educational Committee’s Chairman stated.   “The Parliament has passed in its session on Thursday the Law on the Elimination of Illiteracy in Iraq, with a unanimous voting today, the International Day for the Elimination of Illiteracy,” Adel Sharshab told a news conference, attended by IraqiNews.com news agency.   He aid the law “covers all Iraqis that don’t read or write, with 15 years of age and above,” adding that a special commission had been formed to follow up the implementation of the law, by all ministries of the State of Iraq.   The United Nations and Iraq ’s Central Statistics Body had announced that illiteracy had spread all over Iraq , due to the circumstances of the country that undermined the conditions of life in general, including the education sector.   SKH (IT)