International Literacy Day

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Aims
• to highlight the importance of literacy to empower individuals,
communities and societies
• to remind the international community of the status of literacy and
adult learning globally
• to remind us of the global importance of literacy
• to promote literacy worldwide
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• to shine a light on global literacy needs day of
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Global Literacy Facts
• 758 million adults lack minimum literacy skills
• 479 million (two-thirds) of these are women
• 250 million children are failing to acquire basic literacy skills
• 60.7 million children are out-of-school and many more attend
irregularly or drop out
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Past Literacy Day Themes (1)
• 2006 - Literacy Sustains Development
• 2007 - 2008 - Literacy and Health
• 2009 - 2010 - Literacy and Empowerment
• 2011 - 2012 - Literacy and Peace

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Past Literacy Day Themes (2)
• 2013 - Literacy for the 21st Century
• 2014 - Literacy and Sustainable Development
• 2015 - Literacy and Sustainable Societies
• 2016 - Reading the Past, Writing the Future
• 2017 - Literacy in a Digital World
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 A celebration
day of
reading and
writing

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 International Literacy Day

to be held on
Sunday 8 September 2019
A celebration
day of
reading and
writing

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