what is the impact of illiteracy in human development
Answers
The United Nations defines illiteracy as “the inability to read and write a simple message in any language.” Let’s first understand the definition closely. An illiterate is equal to a handicapped person who is unfamiliar with his surroundings and is unable to perform day to day activities like driving due to his inability to read and understand traffic symbols.
The factors causing illiteracy vary from region to region, such as wealth and globalization. One important factor that causes illiteracy in countries is the social issue of women education. The reason behind the progress of developing countries can be solely credited to women literacy. More literacy means more knowledgeable and skilled people in a country which is normally termed as human capital. Literacy enables a person to understand better, so they enjoy a better socio economic life and assist in the nation’s overall development.
The main reason why these programs and initiatives fail is the lack of awareness especially among the people living in rural areas, corruption issues instead of utilizing the money for building schools and colleges in the region. Also the government works on a prehistoric and miscalculated model rather than analyzing the situation properly and generating local skilled employment within people. People are then forced to learn the things that they are least interested, hindering their ability of overall development.
People should be allowed to choose the skills that they are good at and then depending upon their skills teaching programs should be conducted. To ensure a corruption free working the funds donated by the government should be kept under constant watch by vigilance departments. Thus keeping a check will ensure a clean track for development. Proper screening should be done from construction to management of the educational organizations.
Hope it helps
hope it helps