In my last post I really wrote a lot about early childhood education, so this time I opted for a slightly different approach. They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, let's try this theory! This time I bring you the interesting maps of literacy rates around world. CLICK for larger images or go to source.
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The consequences of illiteracy are profound and have big impact on choosing your life path. They flow from the denial of a fundamental human right to education.
Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to write or read and two thirds of them are women. The total includes more than 130 million school age children, 73 million of them girls, who are growing up in the developing world without access to basic education.
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Once more, it's obvious that there is also a big problem of gender differences in schools, especially in poor countries, on which i will talk more some other time. The education of girls has become a top priority. The cultural and political obstacles to gender equality are being addressed and education systems at every level are being made more sensitive and attentive to gender issues. There is definitely some progress going on. Here is the map of literacy rates and progress for woman older than 15. The main focus is ofcourse on countries where gender discrimination is the highest for whatsoever reason:
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According to the last picture, problem of gender discrimination correlated to literacy in western countries does not exist. Am I right?
ReplyDeleteOne trend is the growing education of women in western countries, particularly in the U.S., where since 1980 they have increasingly outnumbered men on college campuses. This trend, which apparently reflects the rising aspirations of women, suggests that women may eventually even surpass men in literacy. Ofcourse only in highly developed countries. Furthermore, during the past ten years, there has been a numer of researches and examination of the issue of boys’ literacy attainment.
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