(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) The world has become a more literate place with rates going up from 56 per cent in 1956 to 85 per cent in 2015 but there still exist 758 million adults who cannot read or write a simple sentence and 250 million children of school-going age who are not acquiring basic literacy and foundational skills. The Global Alliance for Literacy within the Framework of Lifelong Learning (GAL), launched by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova as part of International Literacy Day, September 8, was born from deep concern expressed at the United Nations General Assembly...
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