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write the short note. a.literacy​

Answer 1

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Literacy rate of population is defined as the percentage of literates to the total population age 7 years and above. Or. Literacy rate is the number of persons who is 7 or above, who has the ability to read, write and understand in any language.

Answer 2

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In international usage, literacy is defined as the ability to read and write at least a simple message in any language; illiteracy, conversely, refers to the lack or absence of this ability. In other words, if a person possesses the dual skill of reading and writing, he is called literate. Similarly, a literate society is the one, in which all or most of its adult members can read and write with some amount of understanding, in any language. The proportion of literate persons in a population is termed as literacy level.

The invention of written language involved a gradual development from the use of pictures, known as pictography, to the use of an alphabet. This development is said to have occurred in ancient Sumer around 3600 BC (Murphy, 1970:775). People who lived prior to this devel­opment, however, cannot be called illiterate.

The distinction between the terms like pre-literate, non-literate and illiterate is important in this regard. According to Murphy (1970), societies that existed prior to the invention of written language are called non-literate rather than illiterate. Even after the invention of written language, at present times, there are societies that have never encountered any written language.

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