Literacy, Human Rights and Peace. Literacy Lessons.

Autor/in	Hamadache, Ali
Institution	International Bureau of Education, Geneva (Switzerland).
Titel	Literacy, Human Rights and Peace. Literacy Lessons.
Quelle	(1990), (17 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Basic Skills; Civil Rights; Comparative Education; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries; Illiteracy; Literacy Education; Peace; Womens Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland; Analphabetismus; Frieden; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	International Literacy Year, 1990, is intended to alert readers to the persistence of illiteracy. The challenge of illiteracy can only be met by concerted action on the part of all those concerned, acting together to conquer ignorance, eliminate poverty, promote peace, and assert the solidarity and interdependence of nations and peoples. As early as 1946, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization began promotion of basic education. From 1960 to 1985, the rate of illiteracy among adults was reduced from 39.3 percent to 27.7 percent worldwide. This reduction was primarily due to the expanded enrollment of children in school rather than to any progress in the struggle against adult illiteracy. The absolute number of illiterate adults is steadily increasing, with the figures having risen from 740 million in 1970 to 889 million in 1985. Progress in schooling is offset by the effects of population growth. The average illiteracy rate conceals disparities between different regions of the world. Of the 889 million illiterate adults aged 15 and over, 98 percent are found in developing nations. Almost 63 percent of all illiterate adults are women. Of the 116 million children aged 6 to 11 who were unable to attend elementary school in 1985, 60 percent were girls. The struggle for literacy is also a struggle for justice, for access to knowledge, and for equality. Literacy is an essential precondition for the effective exercise of human rights. (CML)
Anmerkungen	International Bureau of Education, P.O. Box 199, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC