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LITERACY
BB Citizenship Stage 2
CONTENT PAGE
Literacy Facts
Literacy Effects
Literacy Actions
How individuals can join the fight against Literacy
Credits
L I T E R A C Y FA C T S
According to the Unesco (United Nationals Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation), it was reported that one in
five adults is not literate today and two-thirds of them are women.
There are a total of 796 million adults who lack minimum
literacy skills and 67.4 million children in the world are out of
school.
In Singapore, compulsory education was implemented in 2003.
All children born after 1st Jan 1996 have to attend a national
primary school in Singapore.
LITERACY EFFECTS
Poor Social Development - Literacy is a tool of
personal empowerment. It is a means for social
development as well.
Low Life Expectancy - UNESCO has found a
correlation between illiteracy and poverty, low life
expectancy, and political oppression.
LITERACY ACTIONS
International Literacy Day - September 8 was
proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO
on November 17, 1965. It was first celebrated in
1966. Its aim is to highlight the importance of
literacy to individuals, communities and societies. On
International Literacy Day each year, UNESCO
reminds the international community of the status of
literacy and adult learning globally.
LITERACY ACTIONS
Room to Read - John Wood, Founder of Room to Read, started
as an overworked Microsoft executive escaping to Nepal for a
backpacking getaway. While hiking in the Himalayas, John met
a Nepalese "Education Resource Officer" who invited him to
visit a school in a neighbouring village where he was
confronted with the inadequacy of schools in rural areas of the
developing world, a factor that contributes to continuing
poverty and inhibits economic development.
LITERACY ACTIONSStones into Schools - Over the past 16 years, Greg
Mortenson, through his non-profit Central Asia Institute
(CAI), has worked to promote peace through education by
establishing more than 130 schools, in remote regions of
Pakistan and Afghanistan.
BB Learning Centre (Cambodia) - In 2003, The Boys'
Brigade began its long-term project to establish the BB
Learning Centre, located in Prayut Village, Puok Commune,
Puok District, Siem Reap Province Cambodia. The Boys'
Brigade has since began the construction of the Learning
Centre, equipped with classrooms, a library, basic
sanitation and accommodation facilities and generator to
supply the Centre with electricity.
H O W I N D I V I D UA L S C A N J O I N T H E F I G H T A G A I N S T L I T E R A C Y
1. Invest in education
Room to Read are on track to reach 10 million
children by the year 2015, and you can help them
get there. In a world with 793 million illiterate
people—2/3 of whom are women and girls—the time
to act is now.
2. Start your own campaign
Run a marathon, have a bake sale, grow a beard or
give up your birthday! Do good while having fun by
starting your own campaign to raise money for a
school, a library or years of girls' education.
HOW INDIVIDUALS CAN JOIN THE F IGHT AGAINST L ITERACY
CREDITS
Done By:
CPL Stevenson Koo
CPL Joe Ong
CPL Thaddeus Soh
CPL Nicholas Goh