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EDUCATION International Literacy Day - 2003  Print Print ........Send
 

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United Nations Literacy Decade - 2003-2012 
Together, we can make a difference in this world so that everyone has access to literacy in ways that are relevant and meaningful.

Literacy is about more than reading and writing - it is about how we communicate in society.

It is about social practices and relationships, about knowledge, language and culture.

Literacy - the use of written communication - finds its place in our lives alongside other ways of communicating. Indeed, literacy itself takes many forms: on paper, on the computer screen, on TV, on posters and signs.

Those who use literacy take it for granted - but those who cannot use it are excluded from much communication in today’s world. Indeed, it is the excluded who can best appreciate the notion of ‘literacy as freedom’. --> Read More
 
   
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

  
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