1. LITERACY IN
INDIA
UK US Singapore China Iran
100
75
50
25
0
Within developing countries in particular, literacy rates
also have implications for child mortality; in these
contexts, children of literate mothers are 50% more likely
to live past age 5 than children of illiterate mothers.
LOWER MORTALITY RATES
LITERACY AROUND THE WORLD
ECONOMIC
IMPACT
Literate people can be more
easily trained than illiterate
people, and generally have a
higher socioeconomic status;
thus they enjoy better health
and employment prospects.
QUALITY
OF LIFE
Literacy rate by country based on a research in 2010.
LITERACY IN INDIA IS A KEY
FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC
PROGRESS, AND THE INDIAN
LITERACY RATE HAS GROWN
TO 74.04% (2011 FIGURE)
FROM 12% AT THE END OF
BRITISH RULE IN 1947
LITERACY HELPS A NATION IN HER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL
PROGRESS, POLITICAL PROGRESS, AND SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL
PROGRESS. IT HELPS T& ABOLISH SOCIAL EVILS AND TO DO AWAY WITH
RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE.
LITERACY ENHANCES THE
QUALITY OF THE CITIZENS
