Female illiteracy has been reduced to acceptable levels, and school dropout rates have declined.

Government efforts to eliminate female illiteracy and to reduce the school dropout rate have had some notable successes.

In addition, information is developed in non written formats, to accommodate the needs of communities with high levels of illiteracy.

Illiteracy.

Illiteracy

8.5 Adult and functional literacy programmes

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Education and science According to 2011 census, literacy in Serbia stands at 98 of population while computer literacy is at 49 (complete computer literacy is at 34.2 ).

Illiteracy is also being attacked.

However, despite such increases, the Secretary General reports that the gap between male and female literacy rates in Asia and Africa appears to be widening.

Please indicate what steps are being planned or implemented to address the high illiteracy rates among women, in particular indigenous women, women from rural areas and women from ethnic minorities.

The report shows a clear connection between illiteracy and countries in severe poverty, and between illiteracy and prejudice against women.

Table 10 Literacy statistics

The delegation of Guatemala believes that another fundamental problem is the extreme poverty prevailing in the country as well as the high rate of illiteracy and malnutrition that continue to deprive the Haitian people of their basic economic, social and cultural rights.

Literacy is a crucial concern.

Technical training in management, functional literacy.

UNICEF will help the Government in developing literacy strategy for young people and support projects in five districts to pilot new functional literacy methods and materials.

She is an illiterate girl, trained, skilled as a welder.

Literacy programmes for rural areas had specifically targeted women.

Illiteracy costs governments and businesses money.

Schooling and functional literacy training for girls.

Literacy programmes for women were also introduced.

Table 11 Achievements in the area of literacy

The table below shows the rate of illiteracy among some of the groups.

Within two generations human literacy will be nearly universal.

Education Literacy in Croatia is 98.1 percent.

In a few days, our country will be declared an illiteracy free zone.

28 women's groups have received training in functional literacy.

The programme consists of a household survey to be designed by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics to assess literacy levels.

There had been a marked decrease in illiteracy, with very large numbers of students attending literacy courses, which were offered on a non discriminatory basis.

Accordingly, we support the national and regional projects on literacy methods which have an impact on the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals and of the objectives of the International Plan of Action for the United Nations Literacy Decade.

A skills based literacy programme for women in China has resulted in a decrease of the female illiteracy rate by 29 per cent, compared with the average for the province.

(d) High rates of illiteracy continue to exist in the world, especially among women, and reaffirms that full and equal access to education for girls and boys, women and men, is crucial for the full enjoyment of the right to freedom of opinion and expression

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Illiteracy levels exceed 40 in several countries.

Special communiqué in support of literacy projects to achieve universal primary education

Special communiqué in support of literacy projects to achieve universal primary education

(4) Program of Literacy Yo si puedo Yes I can

Effective treatment of the problem of illiteracy, drop outs and those who miss basic education.

We commend the people and Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on the success of their National Literacy Plan, as a result of which Venezuela will be declared, on 28 October next, a land free of illiteracy.

Strategies on ascertaining the level of literacy by using a national survey, policy development and a community adult literacy programme do not specifically mention women and how they might be targeted.