Iqro is one of the most popular textbooks for learning to read the Quran in Indonesia as well as other countries in Southeast Asia.[18] Iqro is usually learned by kindergarten to early elementary school children, and often used in the designated recitational schools, seminaries such as pesantren or surau, or homeschooling for religious education. Recitation skill learned through Iqro is a competition material in the Quranic recitational contest Musabaqah Tilawatil Quran (MTQ).[19]