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September-8 World Literacy Day

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eptember-8 is observed as world literacy day all over the world. Today more than 860 million adults cannot read or write and over100 million children do not have facility to get basic education throughout the world.

Illiteracy is linked with poverty, inequality and exclusion from social life. Education helps to empower people by increasing their opportunities to build a better life for themselves and their families.

Because two-thirds of the world’s illiterate adults are women who were denied access to education, educating girls is one of the most important ways of empowering women. Education helps nations to improve their economies, health of the citizens, to develop democratic participation and active citizenship.