International Literacy Day: World Literacy Day
Knowledge of human life out of darkness leads to a better and brighter future. History is witness to the fact that the country has adopted the development of knowledge and civilization is unprecedented pace. It is difficult to describe in words the importance of education and perhaps that is why the World Literacy Day is celebrated every year on September eight.
Blue Literacy Day by day the only one we can not run away from our responsibilities, but this was a day to spread awareness of a big wave in literacy in the coming years can mean the difference.
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What is Literacy: Literacy mean?
Literacy is not just a book but not limited to education, literacy refers to people bringing greater awareness of their rights and obligations and to make social development foundation of. Literacy, poverty alleviation, gender ratios improve, helpful and able to tackle corruption and terrorism.Still cent literacy rate in the world today is definitely improved - it is a far percent.
Literacy Rate in World
Globally, we will observe that nearly four billion people worldwide, 77.6 million people are literate and literacy rates are below the minimum. This means that one person in five is illiterate. Around the world in 35 countries, less than 50 per cent literacy rate.
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Literacy Rate in India, Census 2011
The average literacy rate in India, ie 74% is too low. However, Nepal, Pakistan, our neighboring countries such condition is worse than us in the world like China, which is also the country's literacy rate is 93.3%.
It figures the numbers and see if the books are in the ground reality we will have even more serious situation. Sudan, countries such as Afghanistan, where the literacy rate is extremely low.
History of International Literacy Day
Improve literacy rates in the world, falling further work in this area and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO) International Literacy Day is celebrated annually on September 8 .
UNESCO on September 17, 1965 for the goal of literate people worldwide every year on September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day celebration. The first eight in September, International Literacy Day was celebrated for the first time in 1966. Each year since World Literacy Day is celebrated with a new purpose.
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