Tag: illiterate

• Tuesday, September 6th 2011 - 16:37 UTC

  International Literacy Day: 793 million adults can neither read nor write

  

  This year’s International Literacy Day, celebrated world-wide on 8 September, will focus on the link between literacy and peace.

• Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 10:07 UTC

  Brazilian has 190.7 million population, and 14.6 million illiterates

  

  Brazil’s population reached 190.7 million according to primary data collected from the 2010 demographic census and released Friday by the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBGE. The census also showed that almost 10% of the population is illiterate.