India to join the world in celebrating International Literacy Day on September 8
The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development will hold a programme at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, on Friday, where Saakshar Bharat Awards will be distributed to the best performing states, districts, village Panchayats and NGOs.
The International Literacy Day is celebrated on September 8 every year.
On this day, in 1965, the World Congress of Ministers of Education met in Tehran for the first time to discuss the programme of education at the international level.
UNESCO in its 14th Session in November, 1966, declared September 8 as the International Literacy Day (ILD).
Since then, ILD is celebrated September 8 every year by most of the member countries.
The key aspect of the observance of ILD is to mobilize public opinion in favour of struggle against illiteracy.
Tweeted UN Education Report, "Globally, about 9% of youth aged 15 to 24 are unable to read or write a sentence, equivalent to 114 million people."
ILD is a forum to disseminate information on literacy and raise the public awareness and the significance of literacy for individual and national development.
The National Literacy Mission Authority has been celebrating International Literacy Day every year since 1988. The occasion of ILD is used for raising public awareness to eradicate illiteracy and create environment in favour of adult education programmes.
Image: UNESCO Retweet
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