International Literacy Day

 

❇️ 8th September

📝 International Literacy Day

      अंतर्राष्ट्रीय साक्षरता दिवस

Theme 2021 - 'Literacy for a Human-centered Recovery: Narrowing the Digital Divide.'

🔹Overall literacy rate in India - 77.7%

🔹literacy rate in rural areas - 73.5%

🔹literacy rate in urban areas - 87.7%

🔹Male literacy rate in India - 84.7%

🔹Woman literacy rate in India - 70.3%

🔹Most literate State - Kerala (96.2%) 

🔹Bottom literate State - Andhra Pradesh (66.4%)

🔸World Computer Literacy Day = 2 Dec

🔹'We Think Digital’ is a digital literacy program - Facebook

🔹Kerala to launch digital literacy drive named “I am also digital”

🔷CBSE introduces Financial Literacy Textbook developed by NPCI

🔹Secretary :  Department of Education and Literacy - Anita Karwal

🔸Ministry of Education

Minister : Dharmendra Pradhan

🔶 United Nations Educational Scientific And Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

🔹Founded - 4 Nov 1946

🔹HQ - Paris France

🔹DG - Audrey Azouley

🔹MC -193