International Literacy Day, 2017 is being celebrated today (Friday) the 8th of September 2017 across the world under the theme of “Literacy in a digital world”. The celebrations are observed to draw the attention and concern of the leaders of the governments, public authorities etc towards eradicating the illiteracy and creating a literate world. One of the objectives of the celebrations is to encourage the people to get continuous education and understand their rights and responsibilities in the society and to emphasize the importance of literacy to individuals, society and to remind the status of literacy of the world communities. UNESCO states the importance of literacy as-
“ Literacy is a human right, a tool of persomnal empowerment and a means for social and human development. It is at the heart of basic education for all and essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, curbing population growth, acheiving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy”.
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