(Source: UN - United Nations) Literacy for all remains an elusive goal, new UNESCO data shows Over 84 percent of the world's adults are now literate, according to the latest data from UNESCO's Institute for Statistics (UIS). This represents an eight percent increase since 1990, but it still leaves some 774 million adults who cannot read or write. The new data released for International Literacy Day on 8 September, show that most of the world's illiterate adults live in South and West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. On the basis of current trends, 743 million adults in these regions, and another 98 million young people, will still lack basic literacy skills in 2015, the deadline for the...
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