INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY: SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Other titles on literacy  from UNBISnet   UN  •   Non-UN		International Literacy Day8 September Literacy is a cause for celebration since there are now close to four billion literate people in the world. However, literacy for all – children, youth and adults – is still an unaccomplished goal and an ever moving target. A combination of ambitious goals, insufficient and parallel efforts, inadequate resources and strategies, and continued underestimation of the magnitude and complexity of the task accounts for this unmet goal. Lessons learnt over recent decades show that meeting the goal of universal literacy calls not only for more effective efforts but also for renewed political will and for doing things differently at all levels – locally, nationally and internationally. In its resolution A/RES/56/116, the General Assembly proclaimed the ten year period beginning 1 January 2003 the United Nations Literacy Decade. In resolution A/RES/57/166, the Assembly welcomed the International Plan of Action for the Decade and decided that Unesco should take a coordinating role in activities undertaken at the international level within the framework of the Decade. Links to UN and UN System sites: Unesco International Literacy Day UN Literacy Decade (2003-2012) UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) Literacy for All Education for All Literacy Exchange – World Resources on Literacy EDUCAIDS – The Global Initiative on Education and HIV/AIDS United Nations Literacy rates – Achieve universal primary education (Millennium Development Goal 2) UN Education Portal UN Works for Women – Education UN Literacy Decade – Education for All (2003-2012) UN Cyberschoolbus UNICEF UN Girls’ Education Initiative Basic education and gender equality Teachers Talking about Learning United Nations Development Programme Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education (Millennium Development Goals) World Bank Group International Literacy Day Achieve universal primary education (Millennium Development Goal 2) Education Additional resources: The additional resources links on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not necessarily represent an endorsement by the United Nations. Asia-Pacific Literacy Database Center for Literacy Studies Commonwealth of Learning Education International International Reading Association —   International Literacy Day Literacy Online Proliteracy Worldwide SIL International – Literacy StoryPlus Foundation

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