www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

 
  | Home | News| Living in China| SMS | About us | Contact us|
   
 Language Tips > 2003
DEVELOPMENT REPORT - Improving Literacy Worldwide
By Jill Moss


Literacy, by its most basic meaning, is the ability to read and write. The United Nations says world literacy rates improved from seventy percent in nineteen-eighty to eighty-percent in two-thousand. Yet recent estimates show that more than eight-hundred-sixty-million adults are illiterate. Two-thirds of them are women.

In addition, the U-N says more than one-hundred-million children, mostly girls, cannot attend school. For more than fifty years, the right to education has been recognized within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In two-thousand a World Education Forum took place in Dakar, Senegal. Leaders of countries approved several goals to end illiteracy. These goals included free schooling for all children at the primary level. They also included an equal right to education for both girls and boys.

The U-N children's agency, UNICEF, says the progress made against illiteracy could be lost unless more action is taken immediately. In Africa, for example, UNICEF say millions of new teachers are needed to educate a growing number of students. Schools have lost many teachers because of the H-I-V virus and AIDS.

UNICEF also says hunger and natural disasters have created huge refugee populations. And officials in some countries have to deal with repairing schools damaged or destroyed by conflicts.

The goal of the U-N is to reduce illiteracy rates by half by two-thousand-fifteen. As part of this effort, it has declared two-thousand-three to two-thousand-twelve United Nations Literacy Decade. The message of the campaign is "literacy as freedom."

The first World Literacy Day was observed on September eighth. Secretary General Kofi Annan reminded countries that higher literacy rates can help reduce poverty. He said greater literacy can also increase democratic development and strengthen economic growth.

Mister Annan also spoke of the need for literacy as a way to improve the lives of women. He said this is why the first two years of the U-N campaign will pay special attention to women's literacy issues.

You can learn more about the United Nations Literacy Decade on the UNESCO Web site. The address is w-w-w dot u-n-e-s-c-o dot o-r-g. (www.unesco.org)

This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss. I'm Bob Cohen.

 
Go to Other Sections
Story Tools
 
Copyright by chinadaily.com.cn. All rights reserved

版權聲明:未經中國日報網站許可,任何人不得復制本欄目內容。如需轉載請與本網站聯系。
None of this material may be used for any commercial or public use. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
 

 

主站蜘蛛池模板: 日本aaa成人毛片 | 国产成人毛片视频不卡在线 | 成年人免费观看的视频 | 中文字幕乱 | 国产成人精品日本亚洲网址 | 日本久久久久久久久久 | 99久久国产综合精品国 | 日本一区二区在线 | 亚洲国产观看 | 成人做爰毛片免费视频 | 成人免费观看视频久爱网 | 欧美一级看片 | 亚洲成人在线视频 | 免费高清国产 | 国产成人深夜福利短视频99 | 国产黄色自拍 | 日韩亚洲精品不卡在线 | 9丨精品国产高清自在线看 ⅹxx中国xxx人妖 | 一级毛片免费观看视频 | 爽爽窝窝午夜精品一区二区 | 国产片网站 | 亚洲国产成人久久午夜 | 亚洲成综合| 国产一区二区久久久 | 欧美巨大另类极品videohd | 欧美成人a视频 | 99热免费 | 国产香蕉在线视频一级毛片 | 97国产精品欧美一区二区三区 | 99爱在线精品视频网站 | 女人把腿劈开让男人桶的网站 | 91久久国产口精品久久久久 | 欧美精品久久久久久久久大尺度 | 国产精品jvid在线观看 | 久久91精品国产91 | 欧美精品久久久久久久久大尺度 | 91成人国产网站在线观看 | 欧美一区二区三区不卡免费 | 亚洲欧美手机在线观看 | 亚洲日韩视频 | 精品一区二区三区波多野结衣 |