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	NRRF - Illiteracy: An Incurable Disease or Education Malpractice?
		Illiteracy in America is still growing at an alarming rate and that fact has not changed much since Rudolf Flesch wrote his best-selling expose of reading instruction in 1955.
		Illiteracy continues to be a critical problem, demanding enormous resources from local, state, and federal taxes, while arguments about how to teach children to read continue to rage within the education research community, on Capitol Hill, in business, and in the classroom.
		U.S. Congress, "Illiteracy in America," Joint Hearings before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, and the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities, of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., August 1, October 1 and 3, 1985.
	www.nrrf.org /essay_Illiteracy.html (6057 words)

	Statistics - Literacy 2000
		The estimated illiteracy rates are used to derive the estimated illiterate population when multiplied by the population estimates produced by the United Nations Population Division.
		They indicate the dimensions and patterns of illiteracy within each country according to gender and age-groups, so as to aid in policy- and decision-making with regard to measures to be taken to raise the literacy level of the population.
		These estimates in a way reflect the performance of the national education system, as well as the quality of the human resources within a country in relation to their potential for growth, contribution to development, and quality of life.
	www.uis.unesco.org /en/stats/statistics/literacy2000.htm (859 words)

	Scientology Volunteer Ministers - Eradicating Illiteracy
		With ever-rising illiteracy levels world over, the subject of study is a major sore point in any community.
		Solving this problem has everything to do with the success and future of an individual and a community itself.
		Volunteer Ministers provide this technology to students, parents and educators so they can do something effective about learning difficulties and illiteracy.
	www.volunteerministers.org /aboutpgm/solutions/eradicating_illiteracy.html (283 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Education
		It was only the boozy fog of her addiction that made the shame of illiteracy bearable.
		She was in the exact age group with the worst illiteracy record in the country.
		As a result, what came to light, says Veeman, is that Canada's approach to adult illiteracy is based largely on unpaid or lowly paid amateurs, not well-paid professionals.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/education/canada-shame.html (2999 words)

	illiteracy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		By the next census (1940), however, the concept of “functional” illiteracy was adopted, and any person with less than five years of schooling was considered functionally illiterate, or unable to engage in social activities in which literacy is assumed.
		The highest illiteracy rates were found in the less developed nations of Africa, Asia, and South America; the lowest in Australia, Japan, North Korea, and the more technologically advanced nations of Europe and North America.
		Illiteracy was not seen as a problem until after the invention of printing in the 15th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /65/il/illitera.html (637 words)

	@CHAPTER TITLE = ILLITERACY, GENDER, AND RACE IN BRAZIL1 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although illiteracy is not of great concern among rural populations, the rates of illiteracy are much higher in rural areas than in urban ones.
		The states that have the highest levels of illiteracy are principally those located in the northeast--the poorest region of the country, which also has the greatest proportion of fl residents.
		However, a more focused analysis of the relations between illiteracy and race uncovers the possibility of altering the reasoning, focusing instead on the impact of the indicators of the reproductive sphere of life on the educational opportunities of whites and fls.
	www.cidi.oas.org /InteramerStromPiz.htm (5262 words)

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		Thus, illiteracy in Brazil has a strong connection to the variations in family income that persist in the different regions and age groups (Table 1).
		Thus, for all the age groups, the indices of illiteracy are worse in the regions where a greater number of poor people are concentrated.
		The eradication of illiteracy from a nation that is set to become the most populated in the world is by no means easy.
	lycos.cs.cmu.edu /info/illiteracy--education.html (595 words)

	Illiteracy Problems in Rural Indian Areas
		Illiteracy Problems in Rural Indian Areas "We are bumbling along with this outmodeled system of elementary education, which is a real shame." (Tefft, 12) These are the words of Krishna Kumar, director of the Central Institute of Education in New Delhi, India.
		Illiteracy rates in many third world countries are alarmingly high; nestled in the heart of Asia, India's education program is falling behind other nations.
		High illiteracy rates in rural parts of India is an area of the Indian education system that cannot be overlooked.
	eserver.org /courses/fall95/76-100g/papers/mekala (1118 words)

	Illiteracy is a fairly common term with a seemingly simple definition, an inability to decode written language (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Illiteracy is a fairly common term with a seemingly simple definition, an inability to decode written language.
		Perhaps, the most ironic and distressing aspect of illiteracy in America, is the fact that the United States prides itself in being the most technologically advanced and civilized nation in the world, yet, it, too, is a victim to a problem that is traditionally associated with underdeveloped nations of the third-world.
		Illiteracy, functional or otherwise, is, therefore, a self-perpuating condition in American society.
	www.georgetown.edu /users/dmd9/eng014/illiteracy.htm (2162 words)

	illiteracy - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Illiteracy: hidden plague; new demands on workers bare problem.
		A modern workplace in the face of an age-old problem: illiteracy.
		Illiteracy vs. ignorance; they are not the same
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-illitera.html (938 words)

	Illiteracy in America - Past, Present, and Future (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Although there are other factors which had an impact on the history of illiteracy, the three previously mentioned hold the most importance on understanding the basic history of illiteracy in our country.
		As a result, by the late 1970's the gap in illiteracy between fls and whites had narrowed "through the 20th century, and in 1979 the rates were about the same." The immigration of Hispanic youth into the U.S. held significance in literacy throughout the past ten years.
		One of the most significant problems the U.S. faces in the area of illiteracy is the cost for large government as well as local cities and towns.
	www.uah.edu /colleges/liberal/education/S1998/jen.html (1416 words)

	Illiteracy: the obstacle to an Arab renaissance: UNESCO Education
		In Lebanon, where literacy reporting is considered one of the most accurate, the official proportion of illiterates is 14 per cent compared to the NGO figure of 23 per cent.
		What is more alarming is that the rates of illiteracy among women, youth, and the underprivileged sectors of society are even higher, particularly in rural regions.
		The Head of the Arab Women League, Huda Badran, emphasizes that women's illiteracy is linked to other serious indicators of underdevelopment, such as infant mortality and family size.
	portal.unesco.org /education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=8521&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (942 words)

	Vanguard -Viewpoint : Curbing the illiteracy scourge
		It is an obvious truism that the level of illiteracy in Nigeria is on the high side.
		Illiteracy, a deeply rooted social phenomenon which negates the basic right to learn, know and communicate can rightly be classified as an incapacitating limitation.
		Illiteracy described as mental under-nourishment by Pope Paul VI in his monumental apostolic encyclical is a fragrant injustice which prevents people from being equal before the law.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/viewpoints/vp311092006.html (692 words)

	The Three Kinds of Illiteracy
		It is important to remember that the illiteracy of 1910 reflected for the most part children who never had the advantage of schooling.
		Ravitch and Finn agree with Hirsch that the thing most responsible for the widespread cultural illiteracy in America is an approach to education that eliminates culture from the curriculum and replaces it with an emphasis on learning skills.
		Many educators will deny culpability with regard to functional illiteracy; they will claim innocence with regard to cultural illiteracy; but their contribution to their students moral illiteracy is something many of them actually claim with pride.
	www.reformed.org /webfiles/antithesis/v1n5/ant_v1n5_illiteracy.html (3110 words)

	World History Connected \| Vol. 4 No. 1 \|Diane L. Moore: Overcoming Religious Illiteracy: A Cultural Studies Approach
		I am certainly not suggesting that religious illiteracy is the sole or even primary cause of the heartbreaking violence that dominates local and global news stories.
		I do, however, believe that religious illiteracy is often a contributing factor in fostering a climate whereby certain forms of bigotry and misrepresentation can emerge unchallenged and thus serve as one form of justification for violence and marginalization.
		One well-studied example of the negative consequences of religious illiteracy is Christian forms of anti-Semitism that have been promoted wittingly and unwittingly and which have fueled countless atrocities against the Jewish people for centuries, including (but sadly not restricted to) the Holocaust.
	worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu /4.1/moore.html (6186 words)

	Geographical Illiteracy
		All of Chapter 16 is devoted to the causes of Spacial and Geographic Illiteracy (Chapter 16).
		Geographic Illiteracy is the inability to comprehend, understand and make intelligent decisions at all scales of human settlement patterns.
		Geographic Illiteracy is an individual and collective malady that limits the ability of individuals and groups to function in the economic, social and physical spheres of contemporary human activity.
	www.baconsrebellion.com /Wonks_Risse_geographic_illiteracy.php (1236 words)

	Illiteracy: The Enduring Problem
		From 1960 to 1985, the rate of world-wide illiteracy dropped from 39 to 28 percent [Literacy, human rights and peace.
		In India, the rate of illiteracy is nearly 60 percent (1981) and in Bangladesh, over 70 percent (1981).
		In most areas, the burden of illiteracy is further compounded by problems of geographic isolation, linguistic diversity, malnutrition, overpopulation, social and ethnic tensions, inadequate national infrastructures and non-supportive national and international economic policies.
	www.pnglanguages.org /literacy/lit90/illit.htm (314 words)

	Illiteracy, topology and psychoanalysis-Lituraterre's International Forum on illiteracy
		Illiteracy, topology and psychoanalysis : (Illettrisme, topologie et psychanalyse : in french)
		There is often a confusion between illiteracy, analphabetism, mutism, autism and school (or mental) retardation.
		Illiteracy, we have been trying for years to approach this symptom and we are sure that it comes from a non-inscription, a non-registration of what we call "symbolic sexuation".
	www.lituraterre.org /Illiteracy-lituraterre's_forum.htm (359 words)

	Illiteracy, psychoanalysis and topology-Stop with warlike terminology
		It is time to take a critical look at the concept and connotations of the term "illiteracy." It is time to move away from framing policies and practices only on eradicating illiteracy; rather we should orient ourselves toward the problem of literacy.
		We should devote more attention to the task of developing high quality literacy work and not be content to count successes in reducing "quantities" of illiterates, since this approach oversimplifies the nature and causes of low literacy worldwide.
		The terminological change from illiteracy to literacy would signal a conceptual shift, one that opens up a wider range of new approaches to literacy work.
	www.lituraterre.org /Illiteracy-Stop_with_warlike_terminology.htm (567 words)

	Effects of Illiteracy on Society
		Another study by the same institute shows that the speed at which illiteracy rate ascends is 32%.
		The most important effect of illiteracy on society is that, it works as an inhibitor.
		Even if the parents don't want their children to be illiterate, their children, observing the parents, see that they somehow manage to live and adopt the idea that illiteracy isn't actually a bad thing.
	www.englishforums.com /English/EffectsIlliteracySociety/dljrg/Post.htm (1054 words)

	SiberNews - Eradiating illiteracy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Illiteracy is greater in South Asian countries and Arab countries.
		However we can see that illiteracy is not preventing Singhalese ghouls to take over the governance of the country into the dark ages.
		The said illiteracy is also preventing them from reading the CFA as well as the Buddhist literature embarking on peace and harmony.
	www.sibernews.com /news/featured-article/-200609195694 (528 words)

	TCS’s war against illiteracy - India Computes! - Express Computer India
		Now TCS is carrying on the mission with its new software designed to eradicate illiteracy, a problem that affects a huge chunk of India’s population—300 million people.
		Illiteracy is a major social concern," says Shively.
		Comparing China with India, TCS argues, "Apart from other factors that build the economy, it would appear that the level of literacy affects the economy in many dimensions." Between 1990 and 2000, India’s literacy crept up from 52.5 percent to just 65.5 percent.
	www.expresscomputeronline.com /20030901/indiacomputes01.shtml (1514 words)

	Money Not the Solution to Illiteracy -- May 2000 Education Reporter
		WASHINGTON, DC - The presidential candidates have discovered the problem of illiteracy, and the fact that education is the number one issue among voters.
		Americans in the 18th and 19th centuries were very poor by today's standards, yet illiteracy was extremely low.
		At the end of the 19th century, the illiteracy rate was less than 3%.
	www.eagleforum.org /educate/2000/may00/illiteracy.html (653 words)

	Illiteracy Rate Among Adult People in China Slashed
		The illiteracy rate among people over 15 years old has dropped to 8.72 percent, according to the Ministry of Education.
		In ethnic minority regions of China, where education is relatively backward, the illiteracy rate has fallen remarkably as the central government adopts preferential policies for the development of education in such regions.
		For example, the illiteracy rate in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is now under 7.22 percent, 12.3 percentage points lower than 1990.
	english.people.com.cn /200211/18/eng20021118_106987.shtml (470 words)

	Scientific illiteracy
		It echoes my sentiments on the widespread scientific illiteracy and anti-intellectualism in the country.
		This sentiment, combined with a general suspicion of science and the predominance of aggressive theological and pseudoscientific memes, has resulted in much of the scientific illiteracy that now pervades our society.
		It doesn't help that the educational system is in shambles and without focus, and that fatuous postmodernism and its insistence that nothing can truly be known now dominates many disciplines at most universities.
	www.webspawner.com /users/scientificilliteracy (408 words)

	Overcoming illiteracy - the triumphant story of Michael Marquet
		In reality Michael Marquet's life has been one long challenge, his battles in overcoming illiteracy only reached with the aid of dogged determination, willpower and self belief, qualities he found in himself after suffering literally years of utter failure, frustration and loneliness.
		He began to realise the huge limitations of his life and that overcoming illiteracy had to be his goal.
		Michael had to ask others to fill out his time sheets and bank slips and pretended he'd forgotten to bring his glasses if he was ever asked to read anything.
	www.lodestarmedia.co.nz /xfactor.htm (1486 words)

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