Literacy day is marked around the world
(Vatican Radio) The 8th of September marks UN International Literacy Day. According
to figures from UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics, nearly 800 million adults – most
of them girls and women - are illiterate. Another 67 million children of primary
school age are not in school and 72 million teenagers of lower secondary school age
are also missing out on their right to an education. Dr Mmantsetsa Marope, works on education and literacy issues at UNESCO. She told Chris Altieri that “if one does not have basic literacy skills you cannot be an effective and efficient life long learner”.
She goes on to say that our world is changing at a faster rate than the 20th century world and in this evolving environment one must be able to “change and adapt.”
The theme this year is literacy for Peace. Dr Mmantsetsa explains that “exclusion in and of itself is not a peaceful existence of a human being if that human being experiences injustice perennially. Listen to Chris Altieri’s interview with Dr Mmantsetsa Marope
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