Definition: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, can impede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing, technology-driven world.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020
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Nature - 3/1/2021 9:57:00 PM
This study aimed to establish the current situation, intellectual base, hotspots, development trends, and frontiers of oral health literacy (OHL) from the literature. We analyzed 1505 bibliographic records dated between January 1990 and December 2020 retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection and the Scopus database.
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The Manila Times - 2/28/2021 6:32:00 AM
DURING my college days in the late 1960s, I remember that there were so many Thais studying in Philippine universities and colleges that the Royal Thai Embassy in Manila had to create a student department with a separate location in Taft Avenue,
World Read Aloud Day: It’s imperative that we embrace literacy in 2021
MSN - 2/3/2021 12:23:00 PM
South African children, along with their global counterparts in 66 countries ... and gripping plots on World Read Aloud Day (Feb 3). Presented by global literacy non-profit LitWorld and sponsored ...
Digital upskilling: how are we addressing the technological literacy gap?
International Business Times - 2/26/2021 11:10:00 PM
After last year, during which more of us than ever ventured online as remote working develops into the norm for the foreseeable future, digital and technological literacy have become important topics.
COUNTRY DIRECTOR UNESCO SAYS PAKISTAN AMBITIOUS IN ATTAINING 90% LITERACY TARGET UNDER VISION 2025
Radio Pakistan - 1/27/2021 2:23:00 AM
Country Director UNESCO in Pakistan Vibeke Jensen has said that Pakistan is ambitious in attaining 90 per cent literacy target under its vision 2025. In an exclusive interview with News and Current Affairs Channel of Radio Pakistan on World's Literacy Day ...
Global, regional and national epidemiology and prevalence of child stunting, wasting and underweight in low- and middle-income countries, 2006–2018
Nature - 3/4/2021 10:00:00 PM
In 2016, undernutrition, as manifested in childhood stunting, wasting, and underweight were estimated to cause over 1.0 million deaths, 3.9% of years of life lost, and 3.8% of disability-adjusted life years globally.
6 ways to bring statistical literacy to any classroom
eSchool News - 3/4/2021 2:00:00 AM
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David Adefeso and Sootchy App Take on Black Financial Literacy Gap by Partnering with Capital City Lighthouse Charter School
YAHOO!Finance - 2/25/2021 11:03:00 AM
David Adefeso and Sootchy App Take on Black Financial Literacy Gap by Partnering with Capital City Lighthouse Charter School
