Why is literacy important? Explain.
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A person who is literate is the one who is able to read and write. It also means being knowledgable about a particular subject. In today's world, anyone would find it difficult and may also see it as a burden to be illiterate. Illiterate people cannot read or write on their own. Such people have to depend upon others. Their speaking in any language will also not be proper if he/she does not know how to read or write in that specific language. There are a lot of illiterate adults and also students around the world, who are illiterate due to their lack of education. Every child needs to be educated, and it is vital for every human being to know how to read and write. Being literate helps in improving our language skills, and also improves our social bonding.
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The European employers found it difficult to recruit labour in Africa because historically. Africa had abundant land and a relatively small population. For centuries, land and livestock sustained African livelihood and people rarely worked for wages.
Methods to recruit and retain labour :
(i) Heavy taxes : Tile colonial government started imposing heavy taxes which could be paid only by working for wages on plantations and mines.
(ii) New inheritance laws : Inheritance laws were changed so that the peasants were displaced from land: only one member of a family was allowed to inherit land, others were pushed into the labour market
(iii) Restriction on movement : Miners were also enclosed in compounds, and were not allowed to move about freely.
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