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)
3)POVERTY
4)
5)UNEMPLOYMENT
6)
7)CHILD LABOUR
8)
9)FEMALE FOETICIDE
10)
11)DOWRY
12)
13)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 FAMILY

LEARNING DISABILITY

DYSLEXIA SHORT TERM MEMORIES DIFFICUL

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.
Some startling facts regarding
“ILLITERACY”
•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
What makes ”illiteracy” such a hard
challenge to tackle ?

 Lackof 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

RATE OF LITERACY
RECOMMENDATIONS TO
GOVT.
• 1. Make education till standard XII
mandatory for all, and free of cost in
rural areas.
1.
•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.

§
•
THE FIFTH ESSENTIAL HUMAN
FREEDOM?

• FREEDOM FROM
ILLITERACY


THANK YOU