The meeting of the Bhanu Prativa Samrakchan and Sahittya Sambardhan Samiti, Ilam, chaired by
literate Bimal Bidhaya held on 20 June has decided to reward Thapaliya with the Award.
Over half of prisoners were illiterate at that time and we decided to make them
literate and aware."
Under the programme, it is suggested that one person should be turned
literate within 41 days," he said.
Akin-Alabi said the state government's collaboration in the project was in ensuring that every resident of the state is able to manipulate various digital equipment and digitally
literate.
These definitions primarily rely on the attainment and possession of knowledge (literacy) yet do not address an individual's ability to write, read, and communicate (being
literate) for learning about agriculture.
96 million people
literate since inception and won International Reading Award 2006 from UNESCO on Literacy.
Talking about adult literacy program she said that NCHD being a lead agency in Adult Literacy had made 3.96 million people
literate since inception and had won International Reading Award 2006 from UNESCO on Literacy.
Seventy per cent of male students were found to be
literate as compared to 49pc girls in the age group.
Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (STL) provides the content for what every technologically
literate student should know and be able to do.
The data showed that the total adult literacy was 46.66 per cent in 2007 when 43.74 per cent female and 49.83 per cent adult male were
literate. With this sharp rise in the total adult literacy in a decade, the percentage of educated male and female also shot up to 75.62 and 69.90 accordingly.
According to the report of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2014-2015), 47.59% of the population is
literate out of which 13.81% of the
literate population lies under semi-literate users.
Countries like the Maldives and Sri Lanka have achieved far more impressive results given that above 90 percent of the population in both these countries is
literate. India has a 61 percent literacy rate, despite its enormous population.
While these countries spend more hours on reading more than the rest, they are not considered the most
literate countries.
Standard & Poor's Global Financial Literacy Survey found that worldwide, only 1 in 3 adults are financially
literate.
