literacy

Literacy is the ability to read and write one's name and further. Generally, literate people are those who have learned various things from books, schools or any recognized organization. Those who don't have the ability to even write or think in a critical manner about the written word are considered illiterate. Being literate  or being educated has many advantages for an individual, family, society, country and the whole world. Being literate means you can adapt in a place where education is important. The growing world has its own demands and necessities growing with fierce competition, you know survival of the fittest. To have the necessities fulfilled one has to be the fittest and for that there is always competition. Being literate gives a major advantage while stepping into any kind of competition.The ability and idea about being literate differs from society to society with various cultural differences.Key to being literate or literacy is development of reading abilities, skills to understand the written and spoken words.Many programmes are being conducted to improve the literacy rate of many countries.

Many organizations , the government and different individuals are trying their best to increase the literacy rate.Even though many efforts the literacy rate of the world halved in between 1970 and 2005.

GLOBAL LITERACY RATES AND POPULATION NUMBERS FOR ADULTS AND YOUTH, 2010 

Adult literacy rate,                                            total 84.1%
Adult literacy rate,                                            male  88.6%
Adult literacy rate,                                            female 79.7% 
Adult illiterate population,                                total  775.4 million
Adult illiterate population,                                female share 64.1% 
Youth literacy rate,                                           total  89.6% 
Youth literacy rate,                                           male 92.2% 
Youth literacy rate,                                           female  87.1%
Youth illiterate population,                               total 122.2 million
Youth illiterate population,                               female share  60.7% 

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, September 2012.

youth literacy rate of 2007

In the above data you can see the red colour mark which represents that the marked areas have less than 40% of youth literacy rate. Whether its lack of resources , unawareness or backwardness people still haven't reached the point where they can at the minimum write their own names .

The conducted programmes may have affected a no. of people but it is not being executed for a better life, education and fulfillment of basic needs needed in this growing world