A Project Report on “ILLITERACY”

Presented By: 1)Ashish

2)Subhabrata 3)Binayak

4)Gopal

5)Vikash

6)Rajib

Social Problems of India

1) ILLITERACY

2) POVERTY

3) UNEMPLOYMENT

4) CHILD LABOUR

5) FEMALE FOETICIDE

6) DOWRY

7) CRIMES 8) MALNUTRITION

DEFINITION OF ILLITERACY

• Illiteracy basically means inability to read and write, either because of lack of education facility or because of learning difficulties or other intellectual impairment.

THE MAJOR CAUSES :

1) Economic condition of the people. 2) Ineffective implementation of educational programmes in rural areas.

3) Lack of entrepreneurship by the educated masses to share and spread knowledge. 4) Preference to work rather than to study.

OTHERS CAUSES OF ILLITERACY

POVERTY LACK OF LITERACY WITHIN FAMILYLEARNING DISABILITY

DYSLEXIA SHORT TERM MEMORIES DIFFICULTIES

ILLITERACY: A CURSE ON MANKIND

• 80 MILLION PEOPLE WILL NEVER ATTEND SCHOOL IN SOUTH ASIA AND SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

• 1 IN 2 GIRLS IS ILLITERATE IN BANGLADESH,PAKISTAN AND SOUTH AFRICA.

• 50 MILLION CHILDREN ARE STILL OUT OF SCHOOL IN INDIA.

• ILLITERACY STEMS FROM POVERTY AND POVERTY STEMS FROM ILLITERACY.

• OVER 600 MILLION PEOPLE IN ASIA CANNOT READ OR WRITE.

• 11 YEARS IS THE AVERAGE AGE A CHILD QUITS SCHOOL

• 350 MILLION INDIANS CANNOT READ OR WRITE.

• 49% CHILDREN OF THE WORLD WILL NEVER LEARN TO READ AND WRITE

Some startling facts regarding “ILLITERACY”

What makes ”illiteracy” such a hard challenge to tackle ?

Lack of motivation among teachers and learners.

Opportunity cost of participation.

Conflicting language barriers.

LITERAC Y MAP IN INDIA

ILLITERACY STATISTICS,INDIA 1995 and 2000

Year Literacy rate (%) Illiterate population (millions)

1995* 52.0 289.5

2000** 57.2 289.1

*1995 figures estimated by UNESCO in 1998 **2000 figures estimated by UNESCO in

2002 India is home to the largest

absolute numbers of non-literate people in the world.

RATE OF LITERACY

RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOVT.

1. Make education till standard XII mandatory for all, and free of cost in rural areas.

2. Grant 100% tax exemption to all educational institutions as well as on expenditure on education of children.

3.Provide free education in all Government institution for citizens living below the poverty line.

4.Launch free- to- air educational channels to educate the masses.

HOW WE CAN CONTRIBUTE?

Educating at least one child during your life.

Volunteering or donating money to NGOs for child education.

Opening a library or donating books to your city library.

Promoting the concept of earn and learn.

Providing vocational or job oriented education

ROOSEVELTS ESSENTIAL HUMAN FREEDOMS

FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION.

FREEDOM OF EVERY PERSON TO WORSHIP GOD IN HIS OWN WAY.

FREEDOM FROM WANT.

FREEDOM FROM FEAR.

FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT

(FORMER U.S.A PRESIDENT)

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THE FIFTH ESSENTIAL HUMAN FREEDOM?

FREEDOM FROM ILLITERACY

THANK YOU