International Literacy Day | 8 Sep

❇️ 8th September

📝 International Literacy Day
      अंतर्राष्ट्रीय साक्षरता दिवस

Theme -“Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond”

🔹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

🔸RBI Financial Literacy Week = 10-14 Feb 

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

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

🔹Secretary :  Department of Education and Literacy - Anita Karwal

🔸Ministry of Education
Minister : Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (Haridwar, UK)

🔶 United Nations Educational Scientific And Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
🔹Founded - 4 Nov 1946
🔹HQ - Paris France
🔹DG - Audrey Azouley
🔹MC -193

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