Today is International Literacy Day which is being celebrated across the world, primarily to draw the attention of authorities concerned towards promoting literacy among the masses.
Ironically for India where despite series of steps taken by the subsequent governments both in the states as well as in the centre towards achieving total literacy in the country in the past six decades, India continues to be one of the countries with the highest adult illiteracy rate, according to the current Education for All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report. According to UNESCO report, India has by far the largest population of illiterate aduts at 287 million, amount to 37% of the global total. The report also indicates huge disparities in education levels of the country’s rich and the poor.
Even as primary education in the country over the years has witnessed an enthusiastic growth, the number of students having access to secondary education is still far from satisfactory. According to World Literacy Foundation, at the current rates, there could be more children out of school in 2015 than are now and education for all could take over 75 years to achieve.
In India there are various factors influencing the literacy/illiteracy rates. From immortality rate to gender inequality, all play a vital role in determining the country’s literacy rates.
Though governments on its part have taken sincere steps towards achieving its goal of total literacy, contributions from every section of the society, private sectors, corporates are essentially required to achieve this gigantic goal but before this, each of us should voluntarily take initiatives to educate at least five persons in our vicinity and if this is done with utmost sincerity, it would certainly improve India’s rankings on literacy at world level.
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