Iqra can have both meanings and I would say both are implied in the Surah. For the Prophet directly, it is a command to preach and to speak the message (to recite). But given the statement of Allah in the following verses that one of His blessings is the pen and what is taught by it, it also means read. The Prophet could not read but from the first revelation there is an emphasis for writing ...
He afterwards quoted the Hadith of 'Aisha (May Allah be pleased with her) then he concluded: It was in this sense that the angel said to him on the three occasions “Iqra’ (read or recite),” repeating the phrase that had been revealed by Allah, and it was a repetition intended to put him at ease with a recitation that he had not learned ...
In a series of YouTube videos, IQRA Cartoon gives a series of cartoons which describe the Prophets' lives. One example is Yunus (AS) - Prophet story (No Music) - Islamic Cartoon and this is an ide...
If the manuscript you want to read from includes the original Qur'an verses in Arabic, in addition to the associated translation, it carries the same rules as a mus-haf, i.e., you can only touch it and subsequently read from it, only after performing wudū' (ablution). This is based on multiple evidence, e.g., the hadith in Muwatta' Malik 15/1 narrated through 'Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm ...
First word Angel Jabriel taught to Prophet Muhammad is 'Iqra', means read, so Quran starts with the instruction to read. The problem is not education the problem is environment in education institutions which doesn't meet the Quranic criteria of how should girl dress and walk in public. So whats the criteria?