The low level of literacy has an aggravating effect.

One is the low level of literacy and lack of awareness of one's rights.

Female literacy is low in Pakistan and, therefore, affects awareness among women about their rights.

The low level of literacy in Pakistan means that citizens, men and women both, are generally not aware of their rights.

In the area of education, UNESCO supported and implemented activities in special education, teacher training, low cost school construction and literacy.

The very low standard of living, the geographical and climatological situation, the extremely high population growth rate and the very low literacy rate in the State party are also key factors.

166. Notwithstanding the Government s efforts in the field of education, the Committee is concerned at the low literacy rate among women and the low attendance rate by girls at secondary institutions.

Discrimination and exclusion result in poverty, low literacy levels and poor health, and make these groups particularly vulnerable in the labour market.

Of all regions, sub Saharan Africa has the fastest rate of urbanization accompanied by a high rate of infant mortality, low life expectancy, low literacy and a high rate of HIV AIDS infection.

330. Literacy.

(1) Literacy Program

Literacy Tech Foundation

(d) Literacy rate3

Adult literacy rate

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Table 10 Literacy statistics

10.3 National Literacy Programme

Adult female literacy rate

Table 27. Literacy rates

She also expressed concern that despite the high literacy rate, the fertility rate, at 4.3, remained high and the contraceptive prevalence rate, 33 per cent in 1999, was low.

Despite the massive potential for ICTs to enable higher productivity and greater business participation, numerous obstacles remain in business adoption of ICTs, including low income levels, low literacy rates, lack of native language content and widespread lack of Internet awareness in business.

In many countries in those regions, functional literacy is too low and ill suited to adjust to the changing patterns of the globalized labour market, which require adjustment to competition.

The latter was essential for sub Saharan Africa since the regional literacy rates and technical skills, both key preconditions for development, were low compared to those of other developing countries.

Literacy is a crucial concern.

DAFA Directorate of Girls' Literacy

Interest for 1996, legal literacy

202. Sri Lanka, in comparison with other developing countries in the South Asia region, has achieved considerable success in social status indicators, as is reflected in its low infant mortality rate, low maternal mortality rate, high life expectancy at birth and high literacy rate.

Technical training in management, functional literacy.

8.5 Adult and functional literacy programmes

We need to increase literacy levels.

Adult Literacy Schools exist in rural and urban areas for women as well as men to promote functional literacy.

Furthermore, we participated in two rounds of the International Literacy Survey, from which direct measures of literacy can be derived.

(c) To address female literacy, some 746 women's centres were set up in 1999 to promote traditional and functional literacy.

They include the 1986 1989 National Literacy Plan and the 1990 1992 Federal Literacy and Basic Education Programme for Adults.

The literacy rate is 95 per cent.

Schooling and functional literacy training for girls.

Literacy programmes for women were also introduced.

The literacy and social welfare advice programme

Female literacy is the lowest in Asia.

Balance at 1 January 1996, legal literacy

However, it is concerned that enrolment and literacy levels are still low, particularly in secondary and pre primary education, and that there is a significant disparity between the number of boys and girls attending school.

h) Draw up and strengthen legal literacy programmes

Table 11 Achievements in the area of literacy

(c) United Nations Literacy Decade education for all

The Books for Motherland program concentrated on literacy.