Literacy
The United Nations Literacy Decade - Education for All (2003-2012), was launched at UN Headquarters on 13 February 2003. It is spearheaded by UNESCO, as the lead agency for the Decade. "Literacy as Freedom" is the theme of the Decade.
While societies enter into the information and knowledge society, and modern technologies develop and spread at rapid speed, 860 million adults are illiterate, over 100 million children have no access to school. Countless children, youth and adults who attend school or other education programmes fall short of the required level to be considered literate in today´s complex world. Literacy 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.
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