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Promoting Literacy for More Peaceful, Just and Sustainable Societies

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Ulrike Hanemann is an independent international literacy and education specialist.

7 September 2023

I nternational Literacy Day 2023 will be celebrated on 8 September under the theme “Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies”. The observance offers an opportunity to highlight the essential role that literacy and numeracy play in building more peaceful, just and sustainable societies. There is a general consensus that the ambitious United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development cannot be achieved without learning. Autonomous learning largely depends on access to text-based information and communication. Thus, continuous, independent and lifelong learning is not possible without mastering basic competencies such as literacy and numeracy, which in turn are necessary to develop other high-demand skills, including effective communication, problem-solving and (critical) information analysis. Those without a minimum level of literacy proficiency are potentially excluded from a range of opportunities in their lives. In addition to being a key component of lifelong learning, literacy is, above all, a fundamental human right.

Yet, in 2020, there were still around 763 million young people and adults lacking basic literacy and numeracy skills, the majority of whom are women. In some countries, improvement in women’s literacy has been “exceptionally fast”; in other countries, men’s literacy has shown very slow progress. About 244 million children, adolescents and young people (from 6 to 18 years of age) are not enrolled in school. Schooling, however, is no guarantee that learners will acquire the required levels of basic competences. Globally, 7 out of 10 children at 10 years of age are not able to read and understand a simple text. Many persons graduate from secondary education with insufficient literacy and numeracy skills, and this phenomenon is not exclusive to low-income countries. Results from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), conducted in 2018 in over 40 countries, indicate that 20 per cent of adults (from 16 to 55 years of age) in the workforce of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries do not achieve minimum proficiency in literacy skills.

Estimates based on available data show that if adults (from 15 years of age and above) had just two more years of schooling, nearly 60 million people would be lifted out of poverty.

Not fulfilling the right to literacy undermines progress in economic and social development, environmental sustainability, and enduring peace and stability. Putting this in positive terms, literacy is linked to various significant outcomes contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially in a world that is experiencing persistent challenges such as poverty, hunger, inequality, health crises, natural disasters and conflicts. In a context of rapid change, which includes such factors as population growth, global warming, digitalization and automation, access to knowledge and continuous learning becomes essential for the survival of people and planet. Available evidence reveals how people empowered through literacy and other skills manage to navigate, adapt to and actively shape those changes effectively while contributing to social transformation.

For example, estimates based on available data show that if adults (from 15 years of age and above) had just two more years of schooling, nearly 60 million people would be lifted out of poverty (SDG 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere). There is also evidence that a mother’s education level positively correlates with her children’s nutrition . Further, literacy and non-formal extension programmes can increase farmer productivity and thereby support the achievement of food security and improved nutrition, as described in SDG 2. A report by the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity indicates that adult literacy and basic education can positively influence the achievement of SDG 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages): “A child whose mother can read is 50 per cent more likely to live past the age of five, 50 per cent more likely to be immunized, and twice as likely to attend school”. The 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report , issued by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), states: “A literate woman is more likely to benefit from health campaigns, be informed of modern health methods, and to have more tools to overcome detrimental gender norms”. The 3rd Global Report on Adult Learning and Education (GRALE 3) confirms that literacy programmes help develop democratic values, peaceful co-existence and community solidarity (SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies). Similarly, GRALE 5 offers ample evidence that literacy learning correlates with positive citizenship outcomes.

An analysis of promising programmes from all world regions that link the teaching and learning of literacy and basic skills to sustainable development challenges in the areas of health, social equality, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability confirms the central role of literacy in responding to these challenges when a transformative and holistic approach is applied. The peace-building potential of literacy is mainly mobilized through programmes provided by non-governmental organizations and through community participation and ownership. Literacy programmes that respect linguistic diversity and the mother tongue of the participants help solidify communal identities and collective histories. Intergenerational and “whole family” approaches to literacy learning have proven to be effective responses to the 2030 Agenda, as they provide access to literacy and learning opportunities for both adults and children in vulnerable communities. An analysis of initiatives conducted in the context of the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities demonstrates how literacy can be embedded in lifelong learning opportunities for vulnerable groups towards more inclusive and sustainable cities.

To fully exploit the potential of literacy to contribute to transforming our world—the vision of the 2030 Agenda—it is imperative that we adopt a lifelong learning perspective.

In its vision statement, the 2030 Agenda aspires to “a world with universal literacy”. However, in the context of the post-COVID-19 crisis, we can observe a general trend of concentrating attention on children’s and youth literacy, mainly in the framework of formal education. While literacy and numeracy play important roles across all age groups, urgent, transformative action to effectively address global sustainability challenges cannot afford to neglect or leave aside youth and adult literacy and learning. SDG 4— Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all—dedicates target 4.6 to youth and adult literacy, namely, to “ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy”. The Education 2030 agenda , which sets out a new vision for education and lifelong learning, clarifies that rather than being perceived and treated as a stand-alone skill, literacy is “at the core of basic education and an indispensable foundation for independent learning”.

Literacy is increasingly seen as a lifelong endeavour cutting across many domains of life (“life-wide”), including health, work, citizenship and digital environments. Therefore, to fully exploit the potential of literacy to contribute to transforming our world—the vision of the 2030 Agenda—it is imperative that we adopt a lifelong learning perspective . This implies that related learning opportunities need to be brought closer to people’s lives through integrated, multisectoral approaches. The United Nations system can contribute to the advancement of literacy through advocacy, policy development, resource mobilization, technical assistance, capacity development, data collection and monitoring, as well as multi-stakeholder partnerships, among other means. Putting people at the centre of the responsibility to achieve sustainable development in their communities and societies involves empowering them through literacy, education and lifelong learning opportunities to handle the challenges of today’s and tomorrow’s world autonomously, productively and creatively, thereby developing more sustainable, peaceful and just societies on a healthy planet.

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Why is International Literacy Day celebrated on September 8?

International literacy day, september 08, 2022: considering the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic, this year, the theme of this year’s international literacy day is ‘transforming literacy learning spaces'..

World International Literacy Day 2022: International Literacy Day is observed every year on September 8 to highlight the importance of literacy and to throw light on issues that exist and affect local communities around us.

When did Literacy Day come into existence?

September 8 was proclaimed as International Literacy Day (ILD) by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in 1966.

Why is International Literacy Day observed?

International Literacy Day is observed across the world to remind people about the importance of literacy for the betterment of communities, societies, and individuals, and also to highlight the positive effects of a higher literacy rate.

Unesco website explains it is celebrated “annually around the world to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society. Despite progress made, literacy challenges persist with 771 million illiterate people around the world, most of whom are women, who still lack basic reading and writing skills and are faced with increased vulnerability”.

Stakeholders also believe through literacy, one can not only slowly eradicate poverty, unemployment and gender inequality, but can also help promote human rights in areas and societies that have been suffering due to a lack of knowledge of their rights.

What is the theme for this year?

The theme for International Literacy Day this year is “Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces” and its focus will be urging people to rethink the fundamental importance of literacy learning spaces to build resilience and ensure quality, equitable, and inclusive education for all individuals around the globe.

This year, Unesco and all the other stakeholders are focusing more on the changing definition of ‘rapid changes’ in the context of the coronavirus pandemic that brought the whole world to a standstill in 2020 and affected hundreds of millions of lives around the globe. “In the aftermath of the pandemic, nearly 24 million learners might never return to formal education, out of which, 11 million are projected to be girls and young women,” data from Unesco shows.

So, educators, experts, policy-makers, and other stakeholders will come together this year to talk and find solutions pertaining to bringing back children and others to school and enhancing the learning atmosphere around the globe with the help of technology, especially keeping in mind deadly situations such as pandemic and wars.

How is International Literacy Day celebrated?

On this day, educators, policymakers, government officials, experts and other stakeholders organise meetings, workshops, discussion panels, and more around the globe. During these events, stakeholders discuss and identify the existing problems and then try to find solutions to these issues by discussing several options.

What can children do to mark International Literacy Day?

Students can attend such discussions to hear about the persisting issues and the possible solutions. They can even add to the discussion if at any point they believe they might have a different point of view or a solution.

Other than that, students can donate books to public libraries, donation centres, adoption centres or other such places where other children can also read those books and enhance their knowledge of the world. 

Children can also organise their own discussion and debate sessions with their friends and talk about the issues that they face and possible solutions to them. Small essay-writing competitions and such can also be organised to encourage literacy.

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World Literacy Day 2021: Theme, Significance, Background Of The Day

World literacy day 2021: the world celebrates international literacy day today. literacy is the most valuable aspect of human lives and to remind this, world literacy day is observed every year on september 8..

The world celebrates International literacy day today. Literacy is the most valuable aspect of human lives and to remind this, World literacy day is observed every year on September 8. Literacy and education is very important for humans to grow and create a sustainable environment but today in the 21st century, many people lack basic literacy skills. To celebrate world literacy day is important to spread awareness among the youth.

World Literacy Day 2021: Theme Explained

The world has been suffering from a global pandemic in the face of the COVID-19 virus for almost two years and due to this the education and literacy have been hampered a lot. This year, to narrow down the education divide, the United Nations Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has announced to celebrate the International literacy day 2021 under the “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide” theme.

UNESCO tweeted: “Digital skills have become a key factor to access life-saving information. But over half of the world's population lack basic skills for computer-based activities. We must step up efforts to expand #literacy and digital skills for all!”

This theme will focus on exploring the opportunities to spread technology-enabled literacy that includes all. No one should be left out from achieving their right to be literate and educated.

World Literacy Day 2021: Why is it important to celebrate ILD?

According to UNESCO, "During the initial phase of the pandemic, schools were closed disrupting the education of 62.3 per cent of the world's student population of 1.09 billion." Due to the pandemic, the classes were shifted online and this highlighted the pertaining divide of connectivity, infrastructure, and the ability to engage with technology.

International Literacy Day (ILD) 2021 has been celebrated on September 8 since 1966 but today 773 million young people and adults are not literate.

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Speech on International Literacy Day Essay : Literacy means “ability to read and write”,  the act of being educated.  Literacy is an essential need for development. The countries with low literacy rates are economically failed and their progress rate is very slow. The personality of an individual is polished if he or she is educated, but an illiterate person can be disrespected in society. The value of literacy can be imagined by taking the example of some African areas where the literacy rate is much below average therefore they are still working as slaves in other countries.

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When is International Literacy Day observed?

To produce sense and awareness about the value of literacy and education, the United Nations Educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO) announced the celebration of International Literacy Day on the 8 th of September every year. This was decided in 1965 and from 1966 to onwards, this day is celebrated each year on 8 th September. Every year UNO organizes conferences and seminars to highlight the importance of literacy.

Governments of all countries also organize programs and expeditions to create awareness in people about literacy.  Governments force people to get the necessary education and send their children to school. Literacy programs are also organized on a school and college basis, where the students present speeches and models to demonstrate the value of literacy.

Parents have an important role in the development of children but if the parents are illiterate, they are not able to cope with the needs of the new century, so their children can be suffered. So, such a program must be organized which teach the parents to read and write. Such steps must be taken so that any child should not be deprived of going to school. This is their right to get an education. We should promise ourselves on this coming World literacy day , that we will be part of a literacy campaign.

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International Literacy Day Slogans

1.) “Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life, is essential to development and health, and opens the way for democratic participation and active citizenship.” ~ Kofi Annan

2.) “Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren’t so nearly universal, God knows what I’d be. A drain on the State, I shouldn’t wonder.” ~ Donald E. Westlake

3.) “Yet in our enthusiasm for the idea that everyone should be able to read and write fluently, we may be missing a crucial point: in today’s culture, finely honed literacy skills are simply not as important as they once were.” ~ Hugh Mackay

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1.)  “If you want to work on the core problem, it’s early school literacy.” ~ James Barksdale, former CEO of Netscape

2.) On this International Literacy Day, let us recall that literacy for all is an integral part of education for all, and that both are critical for achieving truly sustainable development for all. ~ Kofi Annan

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International Literacy Day –  8 September 

September 8 was proclaimed as the International Literacy Day  by UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)  in November 17, 1965. It was first celebrated on 1966. Its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies, now celebrations take place all around the world.

This annual celebration started following a recommendation of the World Conference of Minister of Education on the Eradication of  Illiteracy that met in Tehran in September 1965. The Conference recommended that 8 September, the date of the inauguration of the Conference, be proclaimed International Literacy Day and be observed worldwide.       

Each year the celebration  is going on with the aim to sensitize and mobilize international public opinion and to elicit their interest preoccupations, since its first Vernal Conference in 1946. On this day, the Director – General of UNESCO address a message to the world, appealing to individuals , organizations and  states, to demonstrate their support and solidarity for literacy and to promote non- formal education  for  all, particularly of those who have been excluded from the school system.

International Literacy Day is an occasion to give hope to the millions of women, men and children who cannot read or write even their own names. It is a timely reminder to the world about the importance of literacy for individuals, families, communities and whole societies. 

Concept of Literacy

“Literacy is not merely a cognitive skill of reading, writing and arithmetic, for literacy helps in the acquisition of leaning and life skills that, when strengthened by usage and application throughout people’s lives, lead to forms of individual, community and societal development that are sustainable,” UNESCO Director- General said in his message on the occasion of international  Literacy Day 2006.

This concept of Education for all had global reception and even the World Bank deeply appreciated this programme. “Education is a liberating force as also an evolutionary force. Which enables the individual to rise from mere materiality to superior planes of intellectual and spiritual consciousness. Education is a dialogue between past, present and the future, so that the coming generations receive the accumulated lessons of the heritage and carry it forward”.

An estimated 781 million adults live without basic literacy skills. Of whom two- thirds are women. In addition, approximately 103 million children have no access to school and are therefore no learning to read, write or count.       

According to UNESCO’s “Global Monitoring Report on Education for all (2006)”, South and West Asia have the lowest regional adult literacy rate (58.6%), followed b sub- Saharan Africa (59.7%), and the Arab States (62.7%). Countries with the lowest literacy rates in the world are Burkina Faso (12.8%), Niger (14.4%) and Mali (19%). The report shows a clear connection between illiteracy in severe property, and between illiteracy and prejudice against women.

The United Nations defines illiteracy as the inability to read and write a simple sentence in any language. So, these literacy rates refer only to basic, no advanced, literacy.

Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE)

2006 celebration’s theme is “Literacy sustains development”. It emphasizes that literacy is not only a positive outcome of development processes but also a lever of change and an instrument for achieving further social progress. The 2006 celebration was combined with UNESCO’s  Literacy initiative for Empowerment (LIFE), launched on 2005, which seeks by 2015 to help reduce by half, the rate of adult illiteracy in the world. LIFE is being implemented in 35 countries with a literacy rate of less than 50 per cent or a population of more than  10 million illiterates and it is designed to further the goals of the UN Literacy Decade (2003-2012).

United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012)

The United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012 was launched on February 13. 2003, at the UN. Under the themes “literacy for all; voice for all, learning for  all, learning for all” the UN established this decade to mobilize national and internationals efforts to educate 860 million illiterate adults and 100 million children who have no access to schooling worldwide.

The United Nations Literacy Decade aims to extend the use of literacy to those who do not currently have access to it. Over 861 million adults are in that position, and over 113 million children are not in school and therefore not gaining access to literacy either. The Decade will focus on the needs of adults with the goal that people everywhere should be able to use literacy to communicate within their own community, in the wider society and beyond. Literacy efforts have so far failed to reach the poorest and most such populations. Under the banner of literacy for all: voice for all learning for all.

The outcome of the Decade will be locally sustainable literate environments. These environments will give people opportunities to express their ideals and views, engage in effective learning, participate in the written communication that characterizes democratic societies, and exchange knowledge with others. This will include increasingly the use of electronic media and information technologies, both as a means of self – expression and for accessing and assessing the vast stores of knowledge available today.

UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014)

In December 2002, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 57/254 on the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) and designated UNESCO as lead agency for the promotion of the Decade.

The overall goal of the DESD is to integrate the Principles, values, and practices of sustainable development into all aspects of education  and learning. This educational effort will encourage changes in behaviour that will create a more sustainable future in terms of environment al integrity , economic viability, and a just society for present and future generations.              

The UN Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, the Earth Summit, gave high priority in its Agenda 21 to the role of education in pursuing the kind of development that would respect and nurture  the natural environment. It focused on the process of orienting and re-orienting education in order to foster values and attitudes of respect for the environment and  envisaged ways and means of doing so.

Facts about illiteracy

• According to UNESCO, in the world today there are about 1 billion non-literate adults.
• This 1 billion is approximately 26 percent of the world’s adult population.
• Women make up two – thirds of all non- literates.
• 98 percent of all non-literates live in developing countries.
• In the least developed countries, the overall illiteracy rate is 49 percent.
• 52 percent of all non- literates live in India and China.
• Africa as a continent has a literacy rate of less than 60 percent.
• In Sub- Saharan Africa since 1980, primary school enrollment has declined, going down from 58 percent to 50 percent.
• In all developing countries, the percentage of children aged 6-11 not attending school is 15 percent. In the least developed countries, it is 45 percent. (UNESCO 1998)

Education is the primary agent of transformation towards sustainable development. Increasing people’s capacities to transform their visions for society into a reality. Education not only provides scientific and technical skills, it also provides the applying them. The international community now strongly believes that we need to foster – through education – the values, behaviour  and lifestyles required for a sustainable future. Education has come to be seen as a process of learning how to make decisions that consider the long- term future of the  economy, ecology and equity of all communities. Building the capacity for such future oriented thinking is a key task of education.

National Literacy Mission (NLM)

National Literacy Mission (NLM) was set up in May 1988, following an objective assessment of the strength and weaknesses of the  earlier programmes, and accord a new sense of urgency , seriousness and emphasis with fixed goals, clear time-frame and age specific target groups. Emphasis was laid not on mere enrolment of learners but on attainment of certain predetermined norms and parameters of literacy, numeracy, functionality and awareness along with institutionalization of post Literacy and Continuing Education in   a big way.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)

The scheme of SSA evolved from the recommendations of the state Education Ministers’ Conference held in October 1998 to pursue universal elementary education in a mission mode: The Government of India Launched the scheme in 2001.

The assistance under the programme of SSA was on an 85:15 sharing arrangement between the Central Government and the state government during the Ninth Plan, at 75:25 during the Tenth Plan. And at 50: 50 thereafter.

Education is the most important element for growth and prosperity of nation. India is in the process of transforming itself into a developed nation by 2020. Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self- respect. If the real sense of education could be realized by reach individual , and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be a better place to live on.

“The real difficulty is that people have no idea of what education truly is.  We assess the value of education in the same manner as we assess the value of land or of shares in the stock- exchange market. We want to provide only such education as would enable to student to earn more. We hardly give any thought to the improvement of the character of the educated. The girls, we say, do not have to  earn, so why should they be educated? As long as such education” Mhatma Gandhi said on True Education.

Literacy – Foundation of Success

It is proved today that economic success everywhere is based on educational success. And literacy is the basic building block of education. It is not just an end in itself: literacy leads to many social benefits, including improvements in standards of hygiene, reduction in infant and child mortality rates , decline in population growth rates, increase in labour productivity,  rise in civic consciousness greater political empowerment sense of national unity, as people become more aware than before of the country they belong to and the opportunities beyond their immediate horizons.                

Literacy is also a basic component of social cohesion and national identity. The foundations for a conscious and active citizenship are often laid in school literacy plays a key role in the building of democracy. Kerala provides striking example of  how higher levels of literacy lead to a more aware and informed public. Adult literacy in Kerala in nearly 100 per cent, compared to the Indian average of 52 per cent. As a result , nearly half of the adult population in Kerala reads a daily newspaper, compared to less than population in Kerala reads a daily newspaper, compared to less than 20 per cent else where in India. One out of every rural labourers reads a newspaper regularly compared to less than two per cent of    agricultural workers in the rest of the country. so literacy leads directly to an improvement in the depth and quality of public opinion. As well as to more active participation of the poor in the democratic process.

Amartya Sen, the polymath Nobel laureate in Economics, has reminded us that  “The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy and of needless inequalities in opportunities are objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value”. We sometimes forget that in his most famous  poem, the other Nobel Prize-winning Bengali, the immortal poet Robindranath Tagore, implicitly spoke of education as fundamental to his dream of India. It was in a place “ where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; where knowledge is free” and “where the mind is led forward … into ever- widening though and action” that Tagore hoped his India would awake to freedom. Such a mind is, of course , one that can only be developed an shaped by literacy.

Literacy and information age

Illiteracy must be fought for practical reasons also. How are we going to cope with the 21 st century, the information age, if half our population cannot sign their name or read newspaper? Tomorrow’s  is the information Age: the world will be able to tell the rich from the poor not by GNP figures, but by their Internet connections. Illiteracy is a self – imposed handicap in a race we have no choice but to run. But it is also essential to focus on one specific aspect of the literacy challenge in our country today.

The saddest aspect of India’s literacy statistics is the disproportionate percentage of women who remain illiterate. Sixty per cent of India’s illiterates are women. Female literacy (43 per cent) was 26 percentage points below the male literacy (69 percent). No society has ever liberated itself economically. Politically, or socially without a sound base of educated women. The two- word mantra to promote development in the world: “educate girls”. There is no the female child. Scholarly studies and research  projects have established what common sense might already have told us: that if your educate a boy, you educate a person, but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.       

Certainly, there is no better answer. India must educate itself – achieve 4100 per cent literacy nationwide- if we are to fulfill the aspirations we have begun to dare to articulate, and rise to the development challenges of the 21 st century.

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September 8 - World International literacy Day | EssayCorp

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Literacy is the light that guides us all, In the simplest terms literacy can be defined as the ability of an individual to read and write in any language. It is extremely important for an individual to be literate in order to carry out a smooth livelihood and considering this in order to spread awareness about importance of education as well as literacy, world international literacy day has been celebrated every year on the 8th of September. On this day every country prepares and carries out different kinds of expeditions and indulges in different kinds of international literacy day activities. The main motive of the world literacy day is to draw the attention of the individuals of different societies and communities of the world towards the importance of the literacy. The day mainly emphasizes on the importance of literacy as well as the adult education to the people all over the globe. A lot of people today can’t read or write their name and the reason behind this is illiteracy. Most of the countries of the world have an extremely low literacy rate despite the fact that world international literacy day has been commemorated every year.

World Literacy Day History

The UNESCO has declared that world literacy day shall be celebrated every year on 8th of September. UNESCO proclaimed this on the 17th of November 1965 in order to promote the literacy levels all over the world. On the 8th September 1966 the world international literacy day was celebrated for the first time and since then, it has been celebrated all over the world every year. Although the countries may differ in the type of literacy day activities but they all celebrate to emphasize and spread awareness of the importance of education and literacy in the world.  

Importance Of Literacy Day

Almost 775 million people are illiterate all over the world and one in every adult is illiterate in the world. In accordance with the global monitoring report on education for all by the UNESCO, the countries situated in the western and the southern parts of Asia encompass the lowest literacy rates of all the countries of the world.  UNESCO described literacy as the tool as a basic human right, tool with the help of which an individual can achieve personal empowerment and an extremely important means of social as well as human development. Literacy is the main key which leads to the development of any country, without literacy and education there will be no development. With the help of literacy, any person can spend a sustainable life on the planet earth. The importance of literacy day can be deduced from the fact that a literate person always has an advantage over the illiterate person.

A literate person has better job opportunities while illiteracy is known to be the root cause of poverty in the world. A literate person can lead a sustainable and a smoother life. The countries having the lowest literacy rates are the Mali, Niger and the Burkina Faso. Reports have been evident in showing a very clear link between the illiteracy and poverty in many countries. In fact, the prejudice against the women is also a function of the illiterate countries.

The digital technologies have been emerging all over the globe with an extremely fast rate. They have been altering and modifying the way the people live, learn, work and most importantly socialize all over the world. Digital technologies like the digital marketing, e-commerce, knowledge management, social services etc. have been known to provide wider avenues for education as well as knowledge to the individuals. They have been known to inculcate the newer generations with the skills which can help them in living a smooth life. But, the populations of the individuals that are illiterate are far away from these new opportunities and skill sets. Today, knowledge, education and opportunities are growing in the digital world and hence, it is important to be literate. The importance of the literacy day is so much that the greatest organization of the world the UNESCO has proclaimed that world international literacy day shall be observed every year.

Literacy Day Activities

World international literacy day is commemorates worldwide with same feeling but different kinds of literacy day activities. Every country has its own beliefs associated with the celebration of the day. The most common thing which is followed all over the world is the narration of the international literacy day speech. Every year the celebration of the world literacy day has a different theme which the UNESCO decides depending upon the situation and latest trends of that year. The theme of world international literacy day 2017 as decided by UNESCO is “literacy in a digital world” considering the growth of digital technologies over the year.  Likewise, every year along with international literacy day a new theme is promoted. In schools and colleges, various plays, and speeches are presented citing the importance of the literacy day in the contemporary world. The writers for literacy initiative support the UNESCO in the world literacy drive. Some of the very famous writers that are a part of this initiative are Paulo Coelho, Toni Morrison, Philippe Claudel, Amitav Ghosh, Marc Levy, Fatou Diome and many more. These writers collectively work in raising awareness about the world international literacy day.

Literacy is like a light that drives away the darkness of poverty, prejudices against women and many other socio-economic issues that the world is facing. Hence, it is extremely important for every individual of every country to be literate. The initiative of UNESCO to spread awareness about importance of literacy and education was started with the proclamation of the world international literacy day.  The fact that this day has been known to impact and elevate the literacy rates of many  countries  is evident enough to cite the importance of literacy day.

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Short Speech on World Literacy Day in English for Students and Children

Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends. Very good morning to all of you. We all have gathered here to celebrate World literacy day and I would like to speak some words on world literacy day.

World literacy day is celebrated on 8th September every year. It marks the international celebration and awareness campaign on literacy. In 1964, this day was declared as a holiday by the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

UNESCO with the help of various literacy programs aims to create a literate world and promote literacy for all. UNESCO has stated the importance of literacy. It states that it is a human right, a tool of personal empowerment, and a means for social and human development.

Our educational opportunities depend on literacy. Literacy is at the heart of basic education for all. It is also important to eradicate poverty, to reduce child mortality, to curb population growth, etc. These are some of the good reasons why literacy is at the core of Education for all.

The main purpose of celebrating this world literacy day is to encourage awareness among people about literacy so that everyone knows about their individual and social rights. It is as important as food to live.

UNESCO decided to celebrate this day with a goal to remove various social problems including poverty, gender inequality, uncontrollable population growth, etc.

So today I would request you all to celebrate this day with a positive spirit. You can celebrate this day by donating a book, by visiting a library, by teaching an unfortunate child, etc.

Lastly, I would like you all to stand up and take the pledge on this literacy day, we learn, we teach, we inspire, to make our future full of knowledge and success.

Thank you all for listening to me patiently.

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Today, we are sharing Essay on International Literacy Day in English . This article can help the students who are looking for essay on International Literacy Day in Hindi . This is the simple and short essay on International Literacy Day which is very easy to understand it line by line. The level of this article is mid-level so, it will be helpful for small and big student and they can easily write on this topic. This is the Long essay on International Literacy Day that will be useful for class 5, class 6, and class 7, class 8, 9, 10 .

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Role: In today's modern era, education has special importance. If a person is deprived of education today then his life is useless and meaningless. And he cannot achieve success in any field of life because only through education a person understands what is good and what is bad for him. If he is not educated then his life is like an animal. Therefore, today, every person must take an education.

International Literacy Day: The Government of India is running a literacy campaign by the Government of India so that more and more people can be educated. Apart from this, International Literacy Day is celebrated on 8 September so that education can be promoted and spread all over the country and the world. And the person who has been cut off from the mainstream of life due to lack of education, who is deprived and exploited by society, should also be given education.

So that he joins the mainstream of society and contributes to the development of the country. Because when the citizens of a country are educated, the progress of that country continues continuously. And very soon the country joins the ranks of developed countries. Therefore every citizen should take an education. There are 20% of people in India who are not educated, this is a very big figure in itself. In such a situation, the Government of India has operated many types of public welfare schemes with the aim of making education accessible to more and more people in the country.

So that people can know about the importance of education. Today there are many states of India where the system of education is very bad and the statistics of education there are very worrying. Therefore, the Government of India will have to pay special attention to those states. If the state of education is the worst in any state, then the name of that state is Bihar. The system of education in Bihar has improved a bit as compared to earlier but still it needs a lot of improvement.

History of International Literacy Day: In today's time there are many people who consider education a waste of time and send young children to work at the age of writing. This ruins the future of those children as well as that of the country. Therefore, such people have to be made aware that what is the importance of education in life. With the aim of promoting education, 17 November 1965 was declared by the United Nations Organization as UNESCO World Literacy Day. Since then, September 8 is celebrated as International Literacy Day all over the world.

The main goal of International Literacy Day: The main goal of International Literacy Day is to educate everyone big and small. Those who have been deprived of education due to financial constraints or any such problem at home, also have to be educated. So that the darkness of ignorance can be dispelled. We have to set such a goal to educate every citizen of the country through International Literacy Day.

And for that one will have to keep working continuously only then every citizen of the country will be educated. And if this happens then believe that our country India can become a developed nation. Because it is only through education that the development of the country takes place at a rapid pace. The biggest example of this is America and Russia, the level of education in these countries is very good.

• Rajiv Gandhi Literacy Mission.
• Mid-Day Meal Scheme.
• Education for all campaigns.
• Saakshar Bharat Abhiyan.
• Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme.
• Adult Education Scheme.
• Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme.

Epilogue: On the day of Literacy Day, we all have to take a pledge that every citizen of the country will be made aware of Literacy Day. So that they can know what is the importance of literacy in life. The government is working continuously in this direction, so it is our duty to make this campaign successful by working shoulder to shoulder with the government. So that every citizen of the country is educated, only then India will be able to move forward rapidly on the path of development.

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World Computer Literacy Day: Date, Theme, History, Significance

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With the invention of computers, the functioning of the entire world has changed. Digital learning is introduced at primary and secondary levels to make kids familiar with computers. A specific day is dedicated to celebrating World Computer Literacy Day . The World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on 2 December every year since 2001. It is celebrated to drive digital literacy among women and children and encourage people towards a digital future. However, to date, there are certain sections of who are deprived of digital access so WCLD supports and promotes computer literacy in all sections of society. Keep reading and explore the date, theme, history, and significance of World Computer Literacy Day!

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• 1.1 Previous Year Theme of World Computer Literacy Day
• 2 History: When is World Computer Literacy Day Celebrated?
• 3 Significance of the Day

World Computer Literacy Day Theme 2023

Every year a specific theme is decided to celebrate WCLD. This day is celebrated to spread awareness in society about the importance of computer literacy. The theme for this year’s WCLD has not been announced yet.

Previous Year Theme of World Computer Literacy Day

Following is a list of themes that were used on the in the previous years

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History: When is World Computer Literacy Day Celebrated?

World Computer Literacy Day was an initiative by an Indian company NIIT National Institute of Information Technology. It was started on 2 December 2001 to mark the 20th anniversary of its establishment. In 2002, World Computer Literacy Day was celebrated together with many members of the Parliament. They were also provided computer training to spread awareness about computer literacy in the Presence of then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee . 

The main aim behind celebrating this day is to surpass the issue of the global digital divide. It has affected millions of people to whom computer literacy is inaccessible. Therefore, this day fuels the need to bridge the digital divide among the people.

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Significance of the Day

On this day, people emphasise the importance of computers in day-to-day life. Computer is a basic necessity nowadays because everything is digital. It also focuses on eradicating the digital divide between different sectors of society.

This day holds a significant role in the adoption of digital technologies, mainly by women and children. 

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World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated to spread awareness about computer literacy and to bridge the digital divide between the different sectors of society.

National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT), started Computer Literacy Day on 2 December 2001.

Charles Babbage, the British scientist is known as the father of computer because he invented computer.

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The meaning, history and political rhetoric surrounding the term abortion ‘ban’

Experts say ‘ban’ has emerged as shorthand for nearly all abortion prohibitions. the blunt term often leaves room for political spin..

Ban: Merriam-Webster  defines  it as “a legal or formal prohibition.”

But in the 2024 election cycle — the first general election since Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that enshrined a constitutional right to an abortion, was  overturned  — the term has morphed into polarizing political rhetoric. “Ban” has become synonymous with abortion and the wave of anti-abortion laws enacted in states across the country.

For example, on President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign website, the  abortion policy page’s  title reads: “Donald Trump wants to ban abortion nationwide. Re-elect Joe Biden to stop him and protect reproductive freedom.”

Trump appointed three of the U.S. Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe. After years of inconsistency, Trump  most recently  has said that laws on abortion should be left to the states and that he wouldn’t sign a national abortion ban.

Many Democrats and abortion rights activists have also zeroed in on down-ballot Republicans, accusing them of supporting abortion “bans,” even if their position allows for some access.

“Yesterday, we celebrated Mother’s Day. Today, I remind you that politicians like Bernie Moreno, who supports a national abortion ban, don’t want moms making their own healthcare decisions. Abortion rights are on Ohio’s ballot again in 2024,” Ohio Democrat Allison Russo wrote May 13  on X .

Moreno, who has Trump’s support, is a Republican running for Senate in Ohio against Democratic incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown. Moreno  has said  that he would vote for a 15-week national abortion ban.

Political discourse experts say “ban” has emerged as shorthand for nearly all abortion prohibitions. The blunt term, nuanced in its myriad interpretations, often leaves room for political spin.

What exactly is a ban?

“Ban” is not a medical term; people across the political spectrum on abortion define it differently.

The word has two main rhetorical functions, political discourse experts said. When people talk to like-minded people about a particular issue, it can reinforce the group’s beliefs. Or, it can label opponents as “extreme.”

“For example, when Joe Biden talks about an assault weapon ban, he’s not trying to convert skeptics — he’s signaling to people who already agree with them that they’re on the same team,” said Ryan Skinnell, an associate professor of rhetoric and writing at San Jose State University. “But the other way ‘ban’ works is to identify someone you disagree with as extreme. Groups who want to keep certain books out of libraries, for instance, rarely describe themselves as in support of book banning. Their opponents adopt that language.”

This dual usage reflects in the abortion fight. Abortion-rights activists use “ban” to signal an infringement on personal freedom and autonomy over medical decisions. Anti-abortion proponents may use “ban” to signal a protection of fetal life. For example, when introducing legislation that ban abortion at various stages,  Republican   politicians  have often framed the bills as moral imperatives that protect unborn life.

Peter Loge, a George Washington University professor who directs the school’s Project on Ethics in Political Communication, said ban has historically meant “to eliminate” or “not have,” but politicians employ a strategic ambiguity that allows listeners to assign their own meaning. Loge, who served as a senior adviser in former President Barack Obama’s Food and Drug Administration, said Obama did this with one of his campaign slogans: “Change We Can Believe In.”

“Well, what does ‘change’ mean? Clearly, it means whatever he thinks it means, but as a listener you will ascribe it to mean whatever you think it means,” Loge said. “So, if I think most abortions should be illegal and in some cases it’s OK, I can support a ban, because it’s a ban with exceptions. The listener plugs in whatever caveats they prefer and ascribes them to the speaker. This is a technique as far back as Aristotle, who wrote that the listener provides the reasoning for themselves.”

Loge, like Skinnell, said “ban” is often used in politics to showcase extremism and the threat of something being taken away.

“It’s the rhetoric of anger. ‘They want to take your rights from you. … Now it’s an ideological divide and it works because we’re going to be more motivated to vote,” Loge said. “People are more concerned about losing something they have than they are interested in getting something new. We are risk-averse.”

Nathan Stormer, a rhetoric professor at the University of Maine and an expert in abortion rhetoric, said the term usually shows up when people refer to making abortion illegal in pregnancy’s earlier stages. But, he added, although common usage typically refers to a first trimester threshold, there is “no set of rules.”

“Because it is not a consistently used term, I think when people do not specify what they are referring to, others may take them to mean at conception or very early, but one has to inquire about context,” Stormer wrote in an email.

How abortion ban rhetoric evolved

Before the 1970s, there was little discussion about abortion bans.

Although legal abortion existed in various states at various stages before the  Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade in 1973,  the ruling’s enshrinement of abortion rights across the country, helped galvanize opposition and mobilize anti-abortion groups.

“There were book bans, pornography bans, dancing bans, and so on. But even most conservative politicians and church groups weren’t especially concerned with abortion as an issue, and there was virtually no concerted political interest in bans,” Skinnell, from San Jose University, said. “That began to change with Richard Nixon.”

Skinnell said the former president’s advisers, in coordination with evangelical Christian church leaders, determined they could connect abortion to left-wing social movements, such as feminism, by linking them consistently in speeches and campaign materials.

“The idea of abortion bans came directly out of that partnership,” Skinnell said, “and it gathered steam in right-wing and conservative circles throughout the next few decades.”

Republicans further popularized the term in the mid-1990s, when they advocated for the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which President George W. Bush  signed into law  in 2003. The campaign to pass that legislation, experts said, introduced the term “ban” as the abortion restriction’s “stated intent.”

Political rhetoric experts said much of the medical literature and media coverage before Roe v. Wade often used terms such as “illegal” because abortion was considered a criminal act in most states.

“Even in the early stages of criminalizing abortion in the U.S., I don’t think ban was a common term,” Stormer said. “When a restriction is being put in place where before there was not one, people tend to resort to the word ban.”

Emily Winderman, a University of Minnesota professor specializing in the rhetorical study of health and medicine, said that over time abortion “bans” have manifested  as “incremental” restrictions throughout gestational development to the complete prohibitions seen in multiple states today.

For instance, she said, “heartbeat bills,” which typically refer to laws that make abortion illegal as early as six weeks of pregnancy, were controversial when they emerged around 2010, but have become more prevalent since the Trump administration and Roe’s overturning.

Winderman also said bans can appear via code and ordinance restrictions, such as banning  the type of use for a particular piece of real estate — making abortion clinics impossible to place.

“It’s important to understand bans as a complex strategy that includes gestational limits as well as limitations on who can provide care and where,” she said.

Shifting abortion laws across the U.S. have made “ban” an increasingly common term.  Forty-one states  now ban abortion at different points in pregnancy — 14 enforce total bans, three enforce six-week bans and others restrict abortion before fetal viability.

Stormer, from the University of Maine, pointed to Arizona’s Supreme Court reinstating an 1864 law that completely banned abortion. (It  has since been repealed. ) At the time the law was written, conception was not well understood, and there was no clear sense of fertilization or how it worked.

“Reinstating that law was a great example of how the conflict over abortion has remained steady and largely recognizable, but its terms and understandings have been constantly moving, which says something,” Stormer said. “So, specific words do important work, but they do not capture what is happening rhetorically, in my opinion. The moving terminologies are the waves crashing, but the tides are the thing.”

This fact check was originally published by PolitiFact , which is part of the Poynter Institute. See the sources for this fact check here .

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Rory McIlroy loves life inside the ropes, shoots 66 on first day at PGA

Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, waves after making a putt on the ninth hole during the first round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Rory McIlroy blasted yet another drive down the middle, this one finally coming to rest on the left side of the fifth fairway. As he headed off the tee box and toward the ball, a girl in the crowd shouted “I love you, Rory!”

Still adored, and still playing great, there was no better place than the golf course Thursday for one of the game’s most popular players, who was in the headlines for different reasons coming into this week’s PGA Championship.

“It’s always nice to be inside the ropes,” McIlroy said after shooting a 5-under 66 that had him tied for fifth, four shots behind Xander Schauffele, after the first round.

The 35-year-old McIlroy’s filing of divorce papers earlier in the week made for one of the more buzzy subplots in the leadup to the year’s second major. For the second straight day with a microphone in his face, he refused to talk about it.

“Happy to be here,” he said when pressed on whether the sanctuary inside the ropes means just a little more this week.

If all he wants to do is talk golf, well, there was plenty to talk about. Most of it was good on a calm, partly cloudy morning at the course where he won his last major in 2014.

He opened on the back nine, and two holes — Nos. 18 and No. 1 after he made the turn — were perfect exhibits of how to keep a couple of bad shots from turning into round-ruiners.

On 18, the uphill par-5, he drove the ball into the front of the creek that runs down the right side of the fairway. There were course marshals all over the place but it took a few minutes for everyone to nail down exactly where the ball entered the hazard.

Problem solved, McIlroy hit a wedge back to the fairway and got up and down from 112 yards to save par.

Then, on No. 1, he hit his drive into a slope in the right rough, which has grown lush after two days of rain. With the ball above his feet in the thick grass, McIlroy’s approach hit the flag and dropped to 5 feet for an easy birdie. It put him at 2 under for the day.

“I could have easily bogeyed 18 and been back to even par, and then, that ball on 1 could have hit the flagstick and went anywhere and I could have made bogey from that,” McIlroy said. “Instead of potentially being 1-over par through 10, I’m 2 under. So it’s a three-shot difference. It’s a big swing.”

McIlroy also chipped in from the rough in front of the green on No. 6, then made birdie on the par-5 seventh after hitting his drive into the rough.

Walking off every tee box, he was hearing shouts of “Go Rory,” and “Let’s go, Ror!” and if there were any thoughts about the off-course news he made this week, none of it came flowing from the crowd at Valhalla.

McIlroy will head into Friday’s second round very much in the mix to win in his third straight start. Last weekend in Charlotte, he made it two in a row by reeling in none other than Schauffele, who started the final round with a one-shot lead over McIlroy and ended up losing to him by five.

There’s lots of time between the first round and Sunday. But after Day 1, the golf course felt like a pretty good place to be for McIlroy.

“I sort of felt like it was pretty scrappy for the most part,” he said. “I don’t really feel like I left many out there. I thought I got a lot out of my game today.”

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