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Día Internacional Del Traductor - 30 Septiembre Coincide con el Día de San Jerónimo, considerado por muchos como el primer traductor y el patrono de los traductores. Efemerides More Sharing ServicesCompartir | Share on facebook Share on twitter | Share on email Share on favorites Domingo, 30 de Septiembre de 2012 | 10:10 (actualizado a las 10:13)
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San Jerónimo tradujo la Biblia al latín, por allá en el 383 d.C., versión denominada "Vulgata" (probablemente llamada así porque el latín era la lengua del pueblo, y hasta ese entonces la Biblia solamente se encontraba disponible para quienes conocían el griego y el hebreo) y, además, hizo toda una defensa de su traducción en la época, con un documento que se considera como el primer tratado de traductología. Más o menos desde 1991, la FIT (Fédération Internationale des Traducteurs - Federación Internacional de Traductores), a través de su Comité de Relaciones Públicas, ha estado fomentando la celebración del 30 de septiembre como el día internacional del traductor, no tanto como un reconocimiento a San Jerónimo (que sería una celebración más bien religiosa) sino como una forma de promover la profesión en un mundo cada vez más globalizado y, por ende, dependiente de la actividad de los traductores. Así, hoy se realizan distintas actividades en el mundo para celebrar la ocasión. En Chile, el COTICH (Colegio de Traductores e Intérpretes de Chile) y la Facultad de Letras de la Universidad Católica efectuaron, ayer 29 de septiembre, una actividad conmemorativa en dependencias del Campus San Joaquín, ocasión en que se concedió el Premio de Traducción 2006 a Marlene Hyslop, "en reconocimiento a su excelencia profesional y destacada labor en el ámbito gremial", según la nota de prensa de la UC.
Ateneo's Kritika Kultura celebrates International Translation Day Every September 30, the world’s translation community celebrates International Translation Day. This year, once again in many countries, solidarity will be shown worldwide through programs andevents that highlight the significance of translation as a profession and recognizes the key role translation scholarship plays in today’s globalizing world. Kritika Kultura, the internationally refereed online journal of the English Department, and the Organizing Committee for the Philippine Society for Translation and Translation Studies (PSTTS), shall spearhead the effort to commemorate the event this year with a poetry reading of esteemed faculty members, authors and administrators of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Loyola Schools. They will read a favorite poem in the original language and in translation and will share brief remarks on its translation. The event will be held on October 1, 2012, Monday, 4.30-6:30pm, at Escaler Hall, Ateneo de Manila University Loyola Heights campus. As of this writing, confirmed participants include Maria Luz C. Vilches(Dean, School of Humanities), Eduardo Jose E. Calasanz, Jr. (Associate Dean for Academic Affairs), Hiroko Yabut (Director of the Japanese Studies Program), Daisy See (Director of the Chinese Studies Program), Dr. Alvin Yapan (Chair of the Filipino Department), Heidi V. Aquino (Chair of the Modern Languages Department), Christa R. Velasco (Modern Languages Department), and Dr. Cori Perez, Mr. Louie Jon Sanchez, Ms. Mary Thomas (English Department). As planned, the poems are originally in French, Waray, Japanese, Chinese, Bikol, Spanish, German, Ilokano, Gaelic, English, Tagalog, Korean, Portuguese, and Russian.
On Friday September 7th, USAID Administrator Raj Shah read aloud a special Presidential Message commemorating International Literacy Day at the All Children Reading event on Friday, September 7.
From the Message:
“I send greetings to all those marking International Literacy Day.
Today, dedicated leaders are developing innovative ways to combat illiteracy in communities worldwide, and the United States will stand with nations committed to promoting this cause. Working together and prioritizing high-impact methods, we can improve the reading skills of millions of children and set a course for lasting progress.
On International Literacy Day, let us celebrate those who work each day to broaden horizons around the world, and let us rededicate ourselves to ensuring our next generation of leaders has a strong foundation upon which to build brighter tomorrow.
The Lubuto Library Project open doors to disadvantaged out-of-school Zambian youth by helping them acquire literacy skills and build self worth.
On Saturday, Sept. 8, Literacy Network hosted an open house celebration to honor 10 volunteers for their thousands of hours of dedicated service to adult learners. These volunteers have been dedicated to teaching reading, writing, and speaking skills to adults and families so they can achieve financial independence, good health, and greater involvement in community life.
“We were looking through our records of tutors and saw that there was this nice list of tutors who have more than 1,000 hours volunteering in their lifetime and so we thought we would honor those folks,” said Literacy Network Executive Director Jeff Burkhart. “We also saw the list of people with more than 500 hours and we thought we would just go ahead and honor the 10 folks with the most lifetime hours.”
Literacy Network is a non-profit organization made up of teachers, learners, tutors, volunteers, and donors all working together to improve adult literacy in Dane County. A wide variety of programs are offered to help adults improve their reading, writing, and English skills so that they may better achieve goals specific to their needs: to read to their children or help with homework, to fill out a job application, to understand finances, or speak with a doctor about a health concern.
“We know that the work we are doing is really necessary and the tutors are often asking us to give them more resources and more information about tutoring,” Burkhart says. “We offer a wide variety of in-service trainings that have been really well attended this year. We have professionals from the university and staff here who offer workshops two times a month and we have tutor trainings two times a month, also. We give people a lot of professional development through that process.”
Improved literacy skills mean a better chance at a safe, productive life and a stronger connection to the community. Literacy Network programs include over a dozen well-attended classes throughout Madison that focus on health literacy, financial literacy, workplace literacy, and more. Together, with more than 500 volunteer tutors, over 1,200 adults are helped each year.
Renowned Chinese translator Zheng Yonghui died Sunday morning, September 9, of illness. Zheng was born in Haiphong, Vietnam in 1918, but his hometown was Zhongshan, South China's Guangdong Province. He graduated from the Law School of Shanghai Aurora University at the age of 24. He then worked as an assistant professor at his alma mater. Zheng later taught French at the Institute of International Relations in Beijing. His teaching career ended when he was in his 80s, after seeing off his last postgraduate student. Zheng was respected as a professor and also for his remarkable achievements in literary translations, especially of French works. Publishing his first translation in 1933, Zheng Yonghui worked on many of the world's most famous masterpieces. His signature translation include Nana by Zolaesque, Quatre-Vingt-Treize by Hugo, and Salammbo by Flaubert. He also marked the translation mistakes found in Merimee's Colomba, translated by renowned Chinese translator Fu Lei (1908-66). It was confirmed that there were over 50 mistakes in the translated version of Fu, including misinterpretations and clerical errors. "We found mistakes when reading Colomba, but we never marked them down the way Zheng did," translator Yu Zhongxian said. Zheng was awarded the Translation Fellowship of France's Ministry of Culture in 1987 and took home the Lu Xun Literary Prize along with the Honorary Award of National Outstanding Literary Translation in 1998. "Zheng may be the translator who boasted the largest number of readers, due to the amount of translations he did," French literature expert Liu Mingjiu said.
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International Literacy Day
September 11, 2012 by Bethany Williams Globally, 775 million adults (over the age of 15) are unable to read or write. The adult literacy rate in Uganda is 73.2%. This places them in an extremely vulnerable position, in which something as simple as opening a bank account or signing for a loan presents barriers because of the inability to read or sign one’s own name. It also prevents people from being able to keep track of personal finances. September 8th was International Literacy Day, and while statistics show much room for improvement, this day also serves as a time to celebrate the victories that have been won in the area of adult literacy. For us, the victory came as we watched 805 members of Invisible Children’s Functional Adult Literacy program graduate from the first phase. Even better, the participants were not satisfied to stop at learning the basics in Luo, they are eager to start learning English as well! A member of VSLA from Atanga demonstrates her ability to write her name for herself
Funding for family literacy declines even as job market demands higher skills BY IRIS WINSTON, FOR POSTMEDIA NEWS SEPTEMBER 11, 2012 Literacy is critical to the function and well being of our society and of individuals, says Linda Shohet, founder and executive director of the Centre for Literacy in Montreal. ?But our understanding of literacy has changed dramatically in the last few decades,? she says. ?It?s not just about reading and writing any more.? Shohet says the Centre?s definition of literacy is ?being able to understand the dominant symbol system of the culture you live in and engage through those symbols with whatever agencies you need to engage with for your own well being, the well being of your family, your community and your workplace. ?That covers mathematics, visual media, icons, symbols ? being conversant and comfortable enough with the dominant way or combination of ways of communicating in a culture to access and understand them and use them for your own purposes.? Margaret Eaton, president of ABC Life Literacy Canada also defines literacy broadly. ?People may well be able to read, but may not have high levels of comprehension,? she points out. ?Literacy is not just about reading. It?s also about writing. Technology is forcing people to develop higher levels of digital skills and that means higher levels of writing skills, too.? In the past, she says, a call centre job might not have required much writing. But today, such a job includes email exchanges. She also points to changes in some industries where ?what we used to call menial jobs now require higher levels of reading, writing and math skills. There?s tremendous pressure right now on the skills of Canadians. We see that in the workplace all the time.? ?Our workplaces are more sophisticated than in the past, so we?re demanding people get engaged in some fairly high level complex activity in their work and there is no doubt that these activities demand high levels of literacy,? says Shohet. ?Increasingly, just to be a citizen, to participate in daily life, just to follow your own health care, you have to be pretty literate.?
September 8 was declared World Literacy Day by the United Nations in 1965, and Venezuela celebrated the occasion on Saturday, marking another year of the struggle to achieve universal literacy. In October of 2005, Venezuela was declared free of illiteracy by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). To promote the inclusion of all citizens in the educational system, the Venezuelan government initiated three programs in 2003 to teach reading and writing skills. The first of these government-funded programs, Mission Robinson I, has taught 1.5 million people to read and write throughout the country, including in indigenous communities in the states of Amazonas, Anzoátegui, Apure, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Monagas, Sucre and Zulia. The program provides integral education, and has also been used to help the incarcerated, allowing prisoners to gain literacy skills and to complete basic education through two more programs called Mission Ribas and Mission Sucre. The books used in Mission Robinson have also been made available in Braille to help reach the visually impaired. Mission Robinson II and Mission Ribas are dedicated to helping citizens finish primary and secondary school, while Mission Sucre provides free access to university-level education. Technological literacy has also become a priority for Venezuela in recent years. More than 1.4 million citizens have received training in this area since 2007. So far, the country has built 864 Infocenters and 28 mobile facilities, all of which are used to bring technology to communities and democratize knowledge. Over four million people have accessed the Infocenters.
International Literacy Day is one of the first ‘days’ declared by the UN, going as far back as 1965. September 8th is the day that seeks to focus public opinion on the major global problem of illiteracy. This is vitally important in least-developed and developing countries where large percentages of the population do not even have basic reading and writing skills. Literacy is seen as a human right, and a means of personal and social development – it makes an essential contribution to wide variety of goals like maintaining peace and promoting democracy, eradicating poverty, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, is the main organization behind the concept of International Literacy Day, and every year it reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally.
According to statistics as of 2011, some 793 million adults still lack minimum literacy skills, nearly two-thirds of whom are women, which means that about one in six adults is still not literate. 67.4 million children are out-of-school and many more attend irregularly or drop out. UNESCO provides support to member states of the United Nations to promote literacy in varied ways, from technical expertise, strategic policy-making, capacity-building programs, research, monitoring and evaluation as well as advocacy. International Literacy Day is one small cog in this literacy machine, drawing attention to the plight of millions who are unable to rise out of the depths of extreme poverty, to claim their lives and full potential. On this day every year UNESCO awards international literacy prizes to the most innovative and inspiring literacy programs. The prizes reward exceptional work in the fight against illiteracy, including supporting literacy in multilingual contexts and supporting literacy in rural areas. There is a declared theme for each year and themes in the past have included “The Power of Women's Literacy”, “Literacy and Health” and for 2011 “Literacy for Peace”. Some supporters of International Literacy Day include the Global Development Research Center, Montblanc, the National Institute for Literacy, and Rotary International. At the national and local level, International Literacy Day is c
Kickoff event for International Literacy Day held in Rollo Bay Topics : WorkPlace Learning , Rollo Bay Holdings , Rollo Bay , Charlottetown
ROLLO BAY — She had two kids, little education and few prospects.
But rather than give up, Dianne Smith decided to give her world a shake.
She sought out a tutor to learn to read, earned her high school diploma the day before she turned 50, and now operates her own business with 20 employees.
“Education is not a heavy load to carry, but not being able to read or learn weighed a ton,’’ she said while speaking at the recent kickoff of the 2012 International Literacy Day campaign here.
“Now I am the master of my own destiny.’’
That means taking care of the bills, hiring staff and ensuring those who reside in her
Smith Lodge community care facility in Charlottetown are well cared for.
Ministers today issued a start-of-term appeal to millions of parents to read regularly with their children. As many pupils across England start their first full week of the school year, civil society minister Nick Hurd said: “Some of my happiest time as a father has been spent reading regularly with my kids, well into their teens. It’s a wonderful shared experience. As pupils go back to school, I could not recommend it more strongly to other parents.” Tens of thousands of London schoolchildren have poor reading skills which hamper their academic development and reduce job opportunities later in life. The Government is supporting the Evening Standard’s Get London Reading campaign, and today Mr Hurd launched a “youth innovation network” of librarians. Under the scheme, thousands of 11 to 25 year-olds will be offered the chance to become library volunteers. “The Olympics brought home the values of volunteering in a very visible way,” said Mr Hurd, a father of four. “Now we have the opportunity to in-spire a new generation of volunteers.” Young people will get the chance to design library services, organise author events, read with children, help at events such as the annual World Book Night, and use library space and computers to tell stories about their community via social media. Mr Hurd unveiled the scheme, part of the Government’s Big Society project, at Canada Water library in Southwark, where he met young volunteers. Aishat Atinsola, 15, said: “I enjoy it, I communicate with the public and children — it’s fun. I am gaining communication skills and it boosts my confidence.” National charity The Reading Agency is working on the project with the Society of Chief Librarians and the Association of Senior Children’s and Education Librarians. The scheme has received a £127,000 grant from the Cabinet Office’s social action fund.
In Focus with Martin Sheen will highlight groups that are working to reverse alarming literacy rates in the United States. Only one in five Americans have the highest level of reading comprehension. Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) September 10, 2012 The producers of In Focus Martin Sheen are pleased to announce a new effort to highlight programs around the country that are helping adults learn the essential skill of reading. In Focus with Martin Sheen is an independently produced television program appearing in markets around the country. The show airs on public television. In Focus is hosted by the legendary Martin Sheen. Over his 50 years in the entertainment industry Mr. Sheen has become one of the most respected actors in history. In Focus Martin Sheen often explores how community groups are working to improve society and teaching people to read is a way people are making a difference. The National Assessment of Adult Literacy says as many as 14 percent of adults in America have serious difficulty reading. In the information age, not being able to read and comprehend the spoken word can be a staggering disadvantage. Groups around the country are working to lower the statistics through adult education programs. These programs teach reading by application, using newspapers and job applications to help adults read and learn the importance of this valuable skill. redOrbit (http://s.tt/1n0WU)
It will be years before eightmonth-old Keenan Swaby will be old enough to read. But his mother Jodi Swaby is already trying to get him in the habit - even though he's not always paying attention. "I try to read to him every day as long he's willing to sit down," Swaby said. "Sometimes he's all over the place and he just wants to play ... he puts the book in his mouth, turns it upside down and plays with it. He flips the pages or starts ripping the pages." Swaby was at the Saskatoon Farmers' Market on Saturday celebrating International Literacy Day, an event put on by the Saskatoon Literacy Coalition to raise awareness about the importance of reading. "Literacy is something we take for granted. It's like good drinking water," said Desiree Tirk, president of the Saskatoon Literacy Coalition. Tirk said one in three Saskatchewan adults struggles with reading. She hopes that events like this will help people come forward and seek help. She said literacy can impact everything from people's health to their jobs. "That's a huge reason why literacy is important. It affects everything in our daily lives," Tirk said. Swaby said reading books to her young son is just one way to help give him a start with lifelong learning. "It's very important to read to your kids because it helps build their vocabulary," she said. "If you start reading to your kids now, by the time they are in school they are ahead of the game. It's given them a head start." Read more: http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Event+raises+awareness+about+importance+literacy/7216189/story.html#ixzz268mjguFl
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has stated that there are an estimated 40 to 45million illiterate persons in Nigeria. UNESCO Country Representative Dr Joseph Ngu made this revelation at the Roundtable on "Cultivating Peace" in Celebration of 2012 International Literacy Day in Abuja yesterday, said Nigeria is one of the countries among the E9 countries where education is a problem and the only one in sub-Sahara Africa, because it has above a 100 million people. He said that "the UN office in Nigeria had a three-year project "Revitalizing Adult and Youth literacy" which they hope will make a dent in the number of illiterate people in Nigeria, even if it is only 4 to 6 million people." On his part, UN Resident Coordinator, Mr Daouda Taoure, remarked that a recent survey conducted by Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics estimates that that the adult literacy rate was 56.9 percent with huge variations between states, adding that while Lagos had 88 %, Yobe had only 14 %. He maintained that while urban areas had 75 % and rural 48 %, males had 65 percent, while females had 49 %. He added that "Statistics from the Ministry of Education, showed that 500,000 of the 40 million adult illiterates were enrolled in adult classes, while 3.5 million nomadic school aged children had only 450,000 accessing any form of schooling, while enrolment of children into schools in some states was as low as 12.0%"
Literacy and Peace was the theme for this year’s International Literacy Day, which was celebrated on September 8. Adewale Oshodi examines the connection between literacy and peace in the country. EVERY September 8 is the International Literacy Day, proclaimed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), and its aim is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. On the day each year, UNESCO reminds the international community of the benefits of literacy and learning globally. It further links illiteracy with countries facing severe poverty, as well as on prejudice against women. According to UNESCO’s Global Monitoring Report on Education for All, sub-Saharan Africa still has one of the lowest regional literacy rates, and not much is being done towards raising the level in this part of the world. This should, therefore, give everybody a cause for concern, especially the fact that there is a link between illiteracy and violence, and going by what is happening in most African countries, South of the Sahara, it is high time the authorities took the issue of literacy seriously. Firstly, in Nigeria, the Boko Haram insurgency in the North has been blamed on the high level of illiteracy in that part of the country, and going by UNESCO’s analysis, illiteracy also results in poverty. The truth is that, this analysis is a direct reflection of what is happening in Northern Nigeria, where a larger percentage of the people are not able to read or write. This, therefore, makes it easy for them to be indoctrinated, and little wonder we have young and able-bodied men who could contribute positively to the economic development of the country, accepting to be agents of death through suicide bombings.
Scores of students from schools in the Corporate Area on September 7 took part in a march to raise awareness about literacy. The students, from all levels of the education system, journeyed from Nuttall Hospital to the Kingston and St. Andrew Parish Library (Tom Redcam), carrying banners and chanting slogans encouraging citizens to read. The event, organised by the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Jamaica Library Service (JLS), the Jamaica Reading Association and the Spanish-Jamaican Foundation, was part of activities to mark International Literacy Day. Minister of Education, Rev. the Hon. Ronald Thwaites, in his message at a ceremony held at the Tom Redcam library at the culmination of the march, emphasised the need for more Jamaicans, particularly parents, to make reading a habit so that their children will mirror this positive behaviour. The Minister, in his message read by National Literacy Co-ordinator in the Ministry, Dr. Andre Hill, said the "economic and social well-being of our nation depends on building a literate nation, able to read widely for practical purposes and for pleasure." "Various studies have concluded that children exposed to a culture of reading, model such behaviour and eventually become avid readers and highly intelligent individuals,” he noted. The Minister pointed out that Jamaica has made significant strides in raising literacy levels, noting that the focus on literacy through structured programmes at the early childhood, primary and secondary levels are aimed at producing a literate adult population and a globally competitive workforce. "Despite the successes, we acknowledge that there is still room for improvement if we are to achieve our goal of 100 per cent literacy by 2015. It is against this background that the Ministry of Education has developed a range of programmes aimed at ensuring the country’s students attain age-appropriate literacy levels,” he said.
Saturday 8 September 2012 was International Literacy Day, a global awareness day that aims to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. The theme adopted this year was Literacy and Peace, to demonstrate the multiple uses and value that literacy brings to people as it provides individuals with the skills to understand the world, to participate in democratic processes and to have a voice.
"Literacy is one of the main building blocks of learning," says Susan du Plessis, director of educational programs at Edublox, a South African organisation that offers classes and programmes that improve reading and learning skills. "An individual that struggles to read will struggle to learn and this difficulty will be carried with them through their school years and into later life. For this reason, the company is very supportive of International Literacy Day, as we recognise the critical role that literacy plays in people's lives and we have seen first-hand the change that can occur in people's lives, once they are able to read and comprehend what they have read successfully." According to UNESCO's (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) 'Global Monitoring Report on Education for All (2006)', South and West Asia has the lowest regional adult literacy rate (58.6%), followed by sub-Saharan Africa (59.7%). Some 775 million adults worldwide lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults is still not literate and two-thirds of them are women. It seems that literacy for all - children, youth and adults - is still an unaccomplished goal and an ever-moving target.
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For many of us, reading the morning paper is not only a pleasure, it’s a normal part of our daily routine. Did you know that some 2.7 million New Yorkers are in need of basic reading and writing skills assistance? Literacy is one’s ability to read, write, compute and use technology at the level that enables an individual to reach his or her fullest potential. In the United States, it is estimated that some 6.3 million adults, 29 percent of the population, cannot read well enough to understand a newspaper story that is written at the eighth-grade level. Dan Nellenback joined Literacy Volunteers four years ago as a tutor, and is the 2012 Volunteer of the Year. Literacy Volunteers of Cayuga County teaches adults how to read, write and speak English. Anyone 16 years and older can visit them for free, one-on-one confidential services. “Being a volunteer tutor was something I always wanted to do,” Nellenback said. “My brother received services from a similar organization in Lewis County, and it made a difference in his quality of life. So I knew that when I retired, volunteering here would be something for me to do.” Nellenback retired in 2008 after teaching math to eighth-graders in Port Byron. Nellenback says that he loves the age group, and really misses the energy that they brought to his classroom. “They were challenging, eager, and a fun class group,” he said. Nellenback and Mary Beth, his wife, came to Auburn in 1974 to work. While they both grew up in New York’s North Country, it wasn’t until they were attending college at SUNY Oswego that they met. “We laugh that we lived so close to one another but met at college,” Nellenback said. The Nellenbacks have a strong history of volunteering, both individually and with their four children. Two of their children served in the AmeriCorps program. “Volunteering has always been a part of our family life,” says Nellenback. “It’s been good for us, we’ve all learned new skills, and it’s been good for those less fortunate or needing assistance at a particular time in their lives.” Nellenback thinks volunteering is something all of us should find the time to do. He said volunteering is gratifying on many differing levels.
On Saturday, September 8, the world will come together to recognize International Literacy Day. The day will be an opportunity for countries to reflect on the successes achieved since it was first celebrated in 1966, and since the UN Literacy Decade began on January 1st, 2003. Today, over 4 billion people around the world are literate and governments everywhere agree on the extraordinary value of literacy, enshrined in Millennium Development Goal #2. Why does the world recognize literacy as a fundamental human right and essential to human, and social, development? Why is it important to “know book”? The answer is that literacy has positive effects on all aspects of a population. For example, studies show that a child born to a mother who can read is 50% more likely to survive past the age of 5, and educated parents are more likely to send their children to school. Another example is that literate populations are more likely to be healthy as they are better able to look after their health. Economic growth is also affected by literacy rates. Countries that have experienced surges in literacy rates of 20-30% have seen simultaneous increases in GDP of 8-16%, lifting millions out of poverty. International Literacy Day is also a day to remind ourselves of how much still needs to be done. Over 780 million adults around the world are illiterate, that’s 25% of all adults worldwide, and women suffer disproportionately, making up two thirds of those illiterate adults. Children are also affected. Over 61 million children of primary school age around the world are unable to go to school, and in most low income countries those children who do manage to go to school often fail to learn to read in the four years of primary education. Ten million children in sub-Saharan Africa drop out of primary school each year.
The United Nations (UN) has stressed the importance of literacy in accelerating peace and development, while calling for greater efforts of everyone to read, write and transform their lives. The UN Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the world body celebrated this year's International Literacy Day on Sept. 8. The day's observance is with a special focus on the fundamental relationship between literacy and peace. "We must not allow conflicts to deprive children and adults of the crucial opportunity of literacy. "Literacy is a fundamental human right, and the foundation of all education and life-long learning," the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, said in her message for the Day. She added that literacy transformed the lives of people, allowing them to make informed choices and empowering the individuals to become agents of change. "Lasting peace depends on the development of literate citizenship and access to education for all. "Amidst political upheaval and escalating violence in many parts of the world, literacy must be a priority in the peace-building agenda of all nations. "Peace and sustainable development are inter-dependent, and it is crucial for the two to develop and strengthen simultaneously.
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Submit | View Lucknow: The Vice President of India, Shri M Hamid Ansari has said that literacy is a human right, a tool of personal empowerment and a means of social and economic development. It is one of the most important parameters for gauging, in conjunction with other social parameters, the development of a society. Addressing after conferring “ National Literacy Awards” at a function to mark International Literacy Day- 2012 organised by the National Literacy Mission Authority in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) today, he expressed his concern that we have the largest number of non-literates in the world. Our literacy rate of 74 percent, achieved in the last decade, is much below the world average of 84 per cent and is in sharp contrast to what has been achieved by some Asian countries like China, Iran, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
He said that we consoled ourselves with the fact that our national literacy rate at the time of independence was a little over 12 percent and that significant progress has been made since with the literacy rate going up to 52 in 1991, 65 in 2001 and 74 in 2011. It is also evident that the vast treasures of knowledge dispensed by our sages and scholars down the ages emanated from a very narrow base in numerical terms.
Shri Ansari opined that the Schedule Castes, Schedule Tribes and Minorities together constitute 44 per cent of our population. The socio-economic development of women largely depends upon their literacy level. Literacy of women thus plays a critical role in their empowerment. The Saakshar Bharat programme, therefore, gives special emphasis on women literacy. It is to be noted that while the male literacy rate has increased from 75 to 82.14 per cent during the last decade, the female literacy rate in the same period has increased from 53.67 to 65.46 percent. This has reduced the gender gap from 21 to 16 percent.
Applauding the efforts the ‘Saakshar Bharat programme’, he said that this programme is being implemented in 372 out of 410 eligible districts spread across 25 States and one Union Territory. Adult Education Centres have been set up in one lakh Gram Panchayats and around 570 lakh non literates have been identified through door to door survey. Literacy classes have started functioning in 16 lakh Centres covering around 174 lakh learners. Out of these, around 144 lakh learners have been certified as literates in the assessment tests conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling.
The Vice President said that development of Adult Education in India depends upon the adaptability of the literacy mission to the emerging changes in all segments of the economy. Instead of functioning as a transient agent, the mission needs to take shape of a regular and permanent mechanism. Such mechanism is to be established and continued not only at the level of various administrative authorities, but also at the levels of the civil society organizations, social partners, private sector, community and adult learners’ and educators’ organizations. The success of the programme would also largely depend upon how effectively it is implemented by the Local Self-Government bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions. Following is the text of the Vice President’ address :
ISLAMABAD:
Little to celebrate and a lot to worry about. Like every year International Literacy Day, that was held across the globe on Saturday, served as a grim reminder that not much is being done to make education accessible for all and sundry in the country.
To raise awareness about this issue and highlight the importance of sending children to schools, a walk was held at the Pakistan Sports Complex.
The participants walked a few hundred yards in the rain, carrying banners and placards inscribed with the importance of literacy in socio-economic development and promoting peace. The slogans were in consonance with the theme of this year’s literacy day, “Literacy and Peace”.
Students and teachers from public and private schools, boy scouts, civil society members and officials of the education ministry took part in the walk.
A majority of Pakistan’s children remain deprived of education. Based on the data available on the National Commission of Human Development (NCHD) website, only 12 per cent of 19 million primary school age children study beyond fifth grade. In other words, 22 out of every 25 primary school-age children are expected to fail or drop out of school before fifth grade.
International Literacy Day Makes Link Between Education and Peace International Literacy Day poster, courtesy of UNESCO.
September 7, 2012: International Literacy Day, created by UNESCO more than four decades ago, will be celebrated this year on September 8. Its theme for 2012? Literacy and peace. Across the globe, children who are able to attend school gain a better understanding of the world and, in turn, a desire to prevent or resolve conflict. SOS Children’s Villages believes that education is a fundamental human right, as encoded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Yet worldwide more than 60 million elementary-age children are denied this right, usually because of poverty, lack of access to education, and the low value placed on education in some societies—especially for girls. In poor households, children are often compelled to work so families can eat.
Empowering the Vulnerable Through School SOS recognizes that education is key to individual and family well-being. The organization therefore puts a high premium on education for the children living in SOS Children’s Villages as well as for disadvantaged children living in surrounding areas. Beyond providing warm homes to unaccompanied children, SOS operates its own schools—typically kindergartens and elementary schools that are open to outside families--but in some cases high schools and even a college. SOS ensures that all the children it raises attend school and receive the support they need to further their education beyond elementary school.
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