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Much oil for Arabs. Reading and writing, not so much.
Muhammad was a cave-dwelling illiterate and muslims must emulate muhammad so way to go arabs!
Arab World Needs To Rise To The Literacy Challenge
Illiteracy Rate in the Arab World is Around 35.6% Compared With a Global Rate of 18%
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Muhammad was a cave-dwelling illiterate and muslims must emulate muhammad so way to go arabs!
Arab World Needs To Rise To The Literacy Challenge
Illiteracy Rate in the Arab World is Around 35.6% Compared With a Global Rate of 18%
Arab nations have more than 70 million illiterate people and nearly two thirds of them are concentrated in five regional countries, according to the Arab League.
The number means the illiteracy rate in the 21-nation Arab League is currently estimated at 35.6 per cent, nearly double the global rate, said the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (Alesco).
The problem is underscored in Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Morocco and Algeria, which have about 48 million illiterates, nearly 68 per cent of the total.
“This is really becoming a very serious problem, which should prompt urgent measures to tackle it with firmness and determination,” said Mongo Bousnina, Director General of the Tunis-based Alesco.
“Despite efforts by some Arab countries to eradicate illiteracy since the middle of last century, we have noticed that the number of illiterate people is steadily increasing. Our latest statistics showed that the illiteracy rate in the Arab World is around 35.6 per cent compared with a global rate of 18 per cent.”
Quoted by regional Arabic language media, Bousnina said illiteracy in the region has deteriorated despite “repeated strategies” chalked out by Alesco since it was founded in 1970 to spread education and reduce illiteracy.
“The problem has persisted and even deteriorated in some countries despite all these strategies and the creation of an Arab fund for eliminating illiteracy in 1980…what we need now is a serious effort to reverse that trend,” he said.
Arab World needs to rise to the literacy challenge - Emirates 24/7
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