| Self-reliance and ujamaa programs raised the literacy rate to over 80 percent. |
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| The literacy rate for women has stagnated, and, in certain regions, the level of female illiteracy is very high. |
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| Read has been active for 23 years and aims to raise the quality of education and increase the literacy rate in South Africa. |
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| Our literacy rate falls year by year, and even many who can read do not read, the so-called aliterates. |
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| But the yardstick to measure the literacy rate is just the ability to read and write one's name. |
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| The literacy rate of this group serves as a good indicator of their empowerment. |
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| The literacy rate rose greatly, though it continues to be the lowest of all the provinces of China. |
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| In the south, however, the literacy rate is believed to be under 15 per cent. |
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| In Laos, although the government has made a lot of efforts, the literacy rate remains one of the lowest in Southeast Asia. |
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| Statistics in Canada tell us that in the Atlantic provinces, particularly for minority language groups, the literacy rate is very low. |
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| Those programmes had helped increase enrolment figures and achieve a literacy rate of 92.5 per cent for boys and 87.9 per cent for girls. |
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| We must trust in the notion that raising standards of education and the literacy rate is the best thing global trade can hope for. |
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| During this period, the literacy rate varied widely and was influenced by several factors. |
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| Some may have a low literacy rate and therefore have little understanding of what is happening to them. |
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| In addition to income, it takes into account life expectancy, literacy rate and educational attainment. |
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| The literacy rate is high: 98 per cent of all males and 99 per cent of females 15 years of age and over can read and write. |
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| The literacy rate among girls was increasing, together with female enrolment in colleges, universities and vocational training establishments. |
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| The female primary school enrolment rate and the female literacy rate are 100 per cent. |
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| In Canada, the school system set up in the mid-19th century as well as the various measures adopted to promote school attendance resulted in improvements in the literacy rate. |
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| The Committee welcomes information on the high literacy rate of the Guyanese population, as well as the efforts undertaken by the State party to increase the number of secondary schools in the hinterland areas. |
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| When the project was launched Bihar had, at 23 per cent, the lowest female literacy rate in the country, a figure that has since risen to 34 per cent. |
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| The improvement in literacy rate in rural area is two times that in urban areas. |
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| Given the low literacy rate in the country, television is the main source of news for Yemenis. |
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| The literacy rate for cariocas aged 10 and older is nearly 95 percent, well above the national average. |
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| Each group is provided with differing levels of information and amounts of play money depending on their country's literacy rate and national wealth. |
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| When countries end school fees it has a corresponding major boost to the numbers in school and so the literacy rate and the general level of education. |
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| Education is a major challenge, with a literacy rate of about 28 per cent. |
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| He deplored that ad-hocism, in the education department during the last 6 decades has further worsened the literacy rate in the already deprived province of Balochistan. |
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| The rich cultural traditions shared by all Sri Lankan cultures is the basis of the country's long life expectancy, advanced health standards and high literacy rate. |
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