Why literacy?

11/4/2013

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty, and a building block of development, an essential complement to investments in roads, dams, clinics and factories. ….For everyone, everywhere, literacy is, along with education in general, a basic human right.... Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.”
― Kofi Annan “

The ability to have access to books in every classroom is a need for every child no mater the part of the world they live in.

1 Comment

Kishben

11/25/2013 11:21:28 am

While my experience of Africa is limited to Eastern and Central African countries in a continent that is vast and varied, I wouldn't hesitate to affirm that Africa is transitioning from an oral culture to a reading culture.
This transtion is being slowed in many parts of Africa by lack of reading materials and a systematic learning of the art of reading.
Many people depend on the oral word and the later has more power over the written word.
Africa's literacy rate varies from country to country. Access to libraries in schools and public facilities would improve reading for many.
Educators at all levels have a duty to assist their students to take pleasure in reading.
Government and private institutions need to provide libraries, mobile libraries to faclitate a culture of reading and fight against poverty.
I commend the initiatives of Readingdrive in efforts to promote a culture of reading in Africa.

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