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

In 2008, the illiteracy rate was 11.48 and among the youth (ages 15 19) 1.74 .

It was working particularly hard to raise awareness of the Convention despite the country's 80 per cent rate of illiteracy.

The Government and the United Nations country team have established a joint programme on women's integrated functional literacy, under which measurable progress in the literacy rate of women is expected by 2008.

Ms. Šimonović expressed concern at the high overall illiteracy rate and asked what steps were being taken to reduce the rate.

Given the Gambia's high illiteracy rate, she wondered whether the NGOs had access to radio.

The rate of illiteracy was under 10 per cent for women, and about 5 per cent for men.

Illiteracy rates were particularly high in the Black Sea area, among older women and among rural dwellers who had migrated to Istanbul.

The high illiteracy rate among working age women has numerous adverse effects on domestic health, children's education levels and overall economic development.

The country's illiteracy rate is usually around 50 percent for most of the country, but reaches as high as 90 percent among girls in rural regions.

A basic step towards improving the status of women would be to reduce illiteracy among women and ensure they had equal access to education.

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Today, illiteracy in Paraguay stands at 6.4 per cent, and my Government's objective is to obtain the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's certification of zero illiteracy in Paraguay by 2008.

8.5 Adult and functional literacy programmes

In spite of the high rate of illiteracy among the older groups, current indicators state that the education level of women dramatically increases.

For example, it was reported that there is a 98 per cent illiteracy rate within indigenous communities in Central Africa in respect of the dominant languages of the countries concerned.

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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.

The United Kingdom's assumed high literacy rate (99 at age 15 and above) is attributable to universal public education introduced for the primary level in 1870 (Scotland 1872, free 1890) and secondary level in 1900.

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

Indeed, the adult illiteracy rate in Somalia is 63 , and 39 in Nigeria in South Sudan, more girls die during childbirth than complete primary school.

Table 10 Literacy statistics

The kingdom, however, was marked by a feudal regime, where Libya had a low literacy rate of 10 , a low life expectancy of 57 years, and 40 of the population lived in shanties, tents, or caves.

The Committee is especially concerned about the extremely high rate of illiteracy among women and girls, which presently stands at 81 per cent for women and girls between the ages of 15 and 49.

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

Government funding struggled to keep up with rising costs during this period, but by 2002, according to the World Bank, only 2 percent of those between the ages of 15 and 24 could not read, and by 2009, the adult literacy rate was 90.4 percent.

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.