Question

Problem of illiteracy article on hundred words

Answer 1

Answer: Illiteracy means inability to read and write. Illiteracy is a curse because it is illiteracy that lowers down human being to the level of beast. Illiteracy is compared to darkness because it darkens individual's vision, outlook, behavior and in a word, all aspect of life. It is the root cause of ignorance, superstition, backwardness, poverty and many more.

Illiteracy generates hundreds of problems. Because of illiteracy, people don't know how to earn well and how to spend well. As a result they cannot come out of their poverty trap. Many do not have knowledge about food and nutrition. So they suffer from various kinds of diseases. In a word, illiteracy is the cause of poor socio-economic condition, high mortality rate, low life expectancy, child-labour and child marriage and high growth rate of population.