UN - I in 5 adults cannot read and most are in Africa

[LaTrine Jakscoon]

Countries with the lowest literacy rates in the world are Burkina Faso (12.8 per cent), Niger (14.4 per cent) and Mali (19 per cent).
(UN figures)


One in five adults is illiterate and a significant number of these are African, says the UN on International Literacy Day.

http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?forumID=5318&edition=2&ttl=20080910110501


For example, Unesco's 2008 Global (Education) Monitoring Report shows that 774 million youth and adults are illiterate worldwide.

The majority of them are women and most of them live in sub-Sahara Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Closer home, the latest information from a survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and the Department of Adult Education, indicates that 7.8 million youth and adults are illiterate.

That represents about one-third of the national population -- a sad testimony to the fact that the national educational programmes have not achieved the desired results.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200809080107.html

[ANH]

I would have thought most of them lived around here.

[Coonbatter]

Niggers will not change, it is genetic.

Inspite of their BS about their past advanced societies they continue to be at the bottom of the evolutionary tree and always will be.

Thans Hekate, appreciate the data to add to pool.

[niggersarelowlife]

Just why would a jungle ape need to read a book in the middle of nowhere anyway? :wdr:wdr:wdr:wdr:wdr

[skillet]

I'm surprised it's that high, actually!!!

[SoopaFly]

1. We've known all of this for years, these statistics are revolving.
2. Just what is it they want to read?
3. Now it beez da "Educational System's" fault. It's jus not workin out.
4. The educational system works fine when there are white students. Hmmmmm?

I smell a paw coming out looking for some kind of $$$$ here cause we gots ta rejuvinate da edjukayshun systum.

Conclusion = Unless dey DUM-down da education system, it never will work out. They just be plain stupid.

-nigbongo

[Mr. Drummond]

Why don't they just figure the rate using only actual humans and be done with it?

[Whiteman's Burden]

The good news is......

...since the jenkem sniffers can't read....

...they can't get depressed by reading the article!!!:rofl:rofl

[TNBTube]

It be YT's fault! We'll figure out how YT managed to fuck up the education systems in Africa later, but we will by God!