International Literacy Day is an international holiday celebrated within the UN system on September 8th. This date was adopted in 1966 by UNESCO according to the recommendation of the “World Conference of Ministers of Education for the Eradication of Illiteracy”.
Today, the number of literate people around the world averages four billion. Despite these advances, more than 860 million adults are still illiterate. There are also approximately 100 million children and young people out of school. Many children, adolescents and adults affected by various educational programs, do not meet the literacy requirements of modern society. There is a need to expand literacy programs to target groups of students who need special attention.
Literacy is always important
This is not new to us:
I changed one letter -
And another word.
Happy Literacy Day, friends,
I want to congratulate you,
Wish you commas
Place it in the right place.
So that there is no doubt,
How to write correctly
And in a good mood
Abide constantly.
Know where to write “o” and where “a”
Where to put the point
You should always know this
Force everyone!
And there is no need to fuss here:
“We write as best we can!”
In life everyone should be
We're just literate.
Today is an important and special day - International Literacy Day. I would, of course, like to express recognition to those who have enriched our knowledge, who educate people, spreading literacy among the population. You transform and enrich our lives. Thank you and happy holidays! I would like to wish everyone else to know and respect native language, write correctly, then there will be no misunderstanding.
It’s fashionable to be literate these days -
Know your native language clearly,
Choose the right words
And I thought that my head was right.
I congratulate you on Literacy Day,
I wish you not to make mistakes in words,
Study and work and read books,
Systematically develop your speech!
As they say: grammar is not slutty, but she is not against everyone on Earth using it. And this is the truest of all possible wishes today. Happy International Literacy Day, may society's biggest problem be those who confuse "tsya" and "tsya".
Let's remember today how great and powerful our language is! The sound of literate speech is wonderful, it is pleasant to the human ear. Easy to read, beautifully laid out text. Happy Literacy Day, Happy Speech Day! For knowledge, thirst for science, for the work of a simple school teacher.
Celebrates Literacy Day
Today the whole planet.
This area is worthy
Great reverence.
I wish you to be literate
And strive for the best.
Before the educated there is a door
Any one will open.
We are literate people
Today is our holiday.
This is how we will celebrate
Feel the courage!
Happy Literacy Day!
She's so important.
And joy and friendship
May life be full!
From the first grade, children are told how important it is to be able to read and write correctly, i.e. instill in them a desire and love for learning. And not without reason, because new opportunities and prospects open up for an educated person. Illiterate people are a hindrance to the development of a civilized society. Thus, literacy is a right and at the same time a responsibility of every individual. In order to spread literacy, a holiday dedicated to it was established.
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International Literacy Day refers to international holidays celebrated within the United Nations (UN) system. Every year it celebrates on September 8th. The mission of the holiday is to intensify the work of society to spread literacy worldwide.
History of origin
On September 8, 1965, the World Conference of Ministers of Education opened in Tehran, the goal of which was to eradicate illiteracy. At the proposal of this conference, UNESCO declared September 8 as International Literacy Day in 1966. From year to year the holiday is held under a certain slogan, but its goal remains unchanged - the elimination of illiteracy.
In 2003, the “Decade of Literacy” began, which was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 2002.
World situation
The problem of illiteracy in the world remains relevant to this day. It’s hard to imagine, but even in our age modern technologies There are huge settlements on the planet where people do not have basic reading and writing skills.
Today the world's literate population is approximately 4 billion people. However, the number of illiterate adults is approximately 860 million. About 100 million children are not attending educational institutions. There are regions where the percentage of illiterate people is very high. These include African countries, South America, India, etc. As a rule, among illiterate people, a large proportion are women, adolescents and the poor.
In addition, there is a large proportion of students, as well as adults, whose literacy level does not reach the minimum required for current life.
Of course, the situation in the 60s of the last century was much worse, but it is too early to stop at the achieved level. Today, there is a need for further improvement of literacy programs among students requiring special attention. Remains actual problem female illiteracy in many countries.
On the UNESCO website you can familiarize yourself with an electronic atlas that displays the literacy level of residents of different countries. According to this criterion, the Russian Federation has one of the highest scores.
Holiday traditions
According to tradition, September 8th educational institutions Many countries around the world host lessons and lectures, the leitmotif of which is the eradication of illiteracy.
On this holiday, seminars, meetings, and colloquiums are held dedicated to reducing the number of illiterate people. Responsible organizations report on the work done.
According to tradition, UNESCO on this day awards cash prizes in the amount of $15,000 for the most effective projects to eradicate illiteracy. As a rule, these are projects in countries of Africa, Asia, and South America.
The civilized world is fighting for the equality and well-being of people, the purity of nature, the preservation of all the diversity of animals and flora Earth. In order to attract public attention to difficulties, special world holidays. Their initiators are the UN, international associations, organizations, institutions. The article will tell you what International Literacy Day is.
Literacy concept
The word "literacy" has Greek roots and literally means "reading and writing." The dictionary defines human literacy as the ability to write without errors, read fluently and correctly express one’s thoughts in conversation. All these skills allow you to acquire new knowledge, improve, and benefit society.
Relevance of the problem
Why was International Literacy Day needed? States struggling with the ignorance of their own citizens are introducing educational programs everywhere. People themselves understand how important education is, because it helps to find a place in life, so they master science on their own.
Nevertheless, today there are more than seven hundred million illiterate and completely illiterate people living in the world. There are also those who have never seen the book. Among them are more than seventy million children. This problem is especially relevant in third world countries with low level economic development where there are wars and civil unrest.
If in Europe, Russian Federation While the United States does not have this problem, in Africa, some countries in Asia, and Latin America, the majority of the population is completely illiterate, even universal access to primary education is not provided here, and there is gender discrimination when girls and women are excluded from education.
All this served as a prerequisite for the establishment of literacy.
Brief history of the holiday
On September 8, 1965, a World Conference was held in Tehran, which brought together ministers of education from all over the planet. The theme of the conference was eliminating illiteracy in the world and increasing the overall level of education. Methods and activities to achieve the goals were discussed. Some of the most important are those that are aimed at children and youth. It is recommended to celebrate International Literacy Day in schools - in primary and high schools. The child must learn that being literate is useful and prestigious, that science opens the door to a bright future, and there is an incentive to master new knowledge.
The day of the conference - September 8 - was approved as World Literacy Day.
The UN General Assembly declared the period from 2003 to 2013 as the Literacy Decade. During this period, world conferences were held annually on the most different topics: “Literacy and health”, “Literacy and peace”, “The importance of literacy for women” and others.
When is it celebrated?
International Literacy Day is celebrated by everyone every year on September 8th. It was approved by UNESCO in 1966. The holiday caught on, and in 2015 the fiftieth anniversary of International Literacy Day was celebrated.
In the Russian calendar, this day is not marked in red, but all educated people understand its importance, so it is celebrated in educational institutions all levels - preschool, school, secondary and higher education, are promoted in offices and scientific institutions.
In order to make events accessible to the entire population, International Literacy Day is held in libraries, art houses, cinema foyers and other public places.
Traditions
Not only in Russia, but also in Kazakhstan and Ukraine, such events for International Literacy Day as Olympiads, various competitions and quizzes have already become traditional. open lessons, the main goal of which is to highlight the most literate and diligent pupils and students. Lecturers make presentations and reports covering the problems of illiteracy, the consequences of this phenomenon and ways to overcome it. Leaflets are being distributed among the population with calls to develop independently. Outstanding teachers are awarded everywhere.
How to become literate yourself
There are such good proverbs: “It is always useful to study well,” “He who is good at science will not be lost,” “One does not write with the pen, but with the mind.” They reflect popular opinion about how important it is to acquire new knowledge.
To achieve good results along this path, it is important:
- Read a lot of good literature. It doesn’t have to be scientific, let it be adventure, science fiction or detective, it is important that its quality is high. Therefore, it is best to read the classics of the genre.
- Look in the dictionary often to find out the meaning of new words.
- Try to clear your speech of slang, and even more so of profanity.
- Don't be offended if someone corrects mistakes in your speech or writing.
- Solve crosswords and puzzles. This will not improve literacy, but will ultimately improve intelligence and memory.
Russian is considered the most difficult language in the world after Chinese in terms of learning. For us - Russians - this is wild, but for foreigners it is quite close and understandable. And pronunciation, and dialects, and the abundance of diminutives, synonyms, homonyms, and, finally, grammar - everything is given to the majority of foreigners who study “the great and mighty” with great difficulty. However, if their illiteracy is excusable, then we this fact disgraces. However, this phenomenon occurs regardless of the language a person speaks. International Literacy Day is intended to eliminate the harmful disease that arises as a consequence of the reluctance to learn and master the native or necessary speech.
History of the holiday International Literacy Day
International Literacy Day is celebrated annually on September 8th. This holiday was established by UNESCO a little less than half a century ago - in 1966. The reason for this event was the recommendation of the “World Conference of Ministers of Education on the Eradication of Illiteracy.” The event took place in Tehran a year earlier, in the fall.
It is known that there are still many illiterate people in the world who cannot really write or read, despite obvious progress in all spheres of life, especially in the field of information. After all, in addition to advanced Europe and America, there is also Africa and Asia, where there are many peoples who have no idea how important it is to master writing skills, and to be able to correctly apply them in practice.
Statistics confirm the above. Indeed, currently more than 15% of the world's population is illiterate. You may not be surprised to learn that 2/3 of this figure is female. Almost 40% of illiterate adults live in India, 1/5 live in African countries. However, even in fairly highly developed countries there are still people who do not fully possess the skills of writing and reading. This is every fifth person or 160 million inhabitants. In EU member states, 75 million people are illiterate. As for the children's generation directly, there are more than a hundred million children on the planet who do not attend school.
It is clear that the situation in the middle of the 20th century was many times worse. Thus, UNESCO pursued the establishment International Day literacy the most important goal: to unite and intensify the efforts of the world community in the process of widespread literacy and educational attainment.
The year 2002 was a very important year for those who created International Literacy Day and worked hard to make it flourish. The UN General Assembly declared the “United Nations Literacy Decade”. A year later, she also approved the “UN Action Plan for the Literacy Decade,” entrusting UNESCO with the “position” of coordinator, responsible for carrying out specific activities within the framework of this event.
Every year, International Literacy Day is celebrated under a specific theme. So, in 2006 the theme of the holiday was “Literacy ensures sustainable development”, in 2007 - “Literacy and health”, and 4 years ago the slogan of the date was “The importance of literacy for women”. Last year, in 2013, International Literacy Day events were organized under the theme “Literacy in the 21st Century.”
Many symposiums, awards ceremonies, colloquiums and seminars are held on International Literacy Day. Prizes are awarded for certain achievements in the field of activities related to the elimination of illiteracy. For example, there is a prize named after King Sejong - its owners are individuals who have achieved specific results in the process of spreading literacy in to the globe. Another award, the Confucius Prize, finds its heroes in the field of promoting literacy in rural areas, as well as among the female population.
What are UNESCO's plans for further action in the field of educational programs? The main task facing the peacekeeping organization is the following: to achieve a halving of the number of illiterate adults by 2015, with special emphasis on the female half. In other words, it is planned to implement the “Education for All” strategy.
Literacy concept
From school we are taught that it is necessary to be able to read and write fluently and correctly without errors. In other words, they are taught to be literate. After all, many doors in life are open to a literate person. But literacy is not only about certain writing and reading skills, correct speech and skillfully constructed sentences. Literacy is also an engine of progress (meaning personal and spiritual development). A competent person feels at his best, smart, competent and feels that he can handle a lot. Thanks to literacy, a subject is able to reveal his inherent potential, develop natural inclinations, abilities and talents, and at the same time demonstrate them to the public.
The level of literacy of a person at a certain stage of life serves as a criterion by which one can determine whether further learning and development of the individual is likely or not. You might argue that today “money is everything.” Indeed, many incompetent employees are currently flooding firms of various types of work. And this is very bad - the quality of the goods and services produced, as well as the process of contacting the manufacturer and the distributor, suffers. Implementer and consumer. Based on all of the above, we can conclude: literacy is the right and at the same time the responsibility of each of us, as well as an instrument for the cultural and civilized development of society.
Causes of illiteracy
International Literacy Day is a great opportunity to think about the causes of illiteracy.
Why does a child grow up illiterate, despite the fact that his parents regularly study with him, and he goes to school, and is naturally given a smart head? If we ask this question to specialists, namely psychologists and sociologists, we will receive the following answers:
- Lack of love for reading. As a result, there is no habit of picking up interesting book and immerse yourself in a fictional, so attractive world. Today, few people read, and people who do not ignore this process choose completely wrong things to read.
- Internet communication is a fairly influential factor. Internet users have long developed their own virtual slang. In addition, frequent shortening of words and making spelling errors are unwittingly duplicated in standard written language.
- Training preparation. Unfortunately, in schools and universities today it is lame. This is because the competence of teachers often leaves much to be desired. And many teachers are too lazy to fully perform their duties.
- Laziness of the student himself. This is also an important factor in the development of illiteracy in a person. Why read a book when you can play an exciting one? computer game or kick a ball in the yard with friends?
Each of us should stand up for literacy - at least for ourselves and our loved ones. Otherwise, a reverse development of personality will occur, and Darwin’s theory will be put into practice, only in the opposite direction...
At school we are taught proper spelling and reading. Over time, the majority understands that literacy plays one of the first roles in the formation of a person as an individual. Educated people find it easier to move through life, doors open before them, they can realize their potential and develop their inclinations, talents and abilities. Literacy is not only a right, but also a responsibility for everyone. It was for the purpose of spreading it among the world's population that a world holiday was approved.
Who's celebrating
International Literacy Day is celebrated by those who are just beginning to learn its basics or have been “gnawing” on this granite of science for a long time, as well as by those who share knowledge with children and students. In some cities, villages and towns in Russia they hold competitions and quizzes in the Russian language, distribute leaflets, teach literacy lessons in libraries, and distribute books.
history of the holiday
On this day, September 8, 1965, the World Conference of Ministers of Education on the Elimination of Illiteracy, which was held in the capital of Iran, was opened. It was at the suggestion of its participants that this holiday was approved.
On December 7, 1987, the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution No. A/RES/42/104, proclaimed the year 1990 International Year literacy." On January 18, 2002, in a similar document under No. A/RES/56/116, it approved the “UN Decade of Literacy” from January 1, 2003. A year later, by resolution No. A/RES/57/166, the “UN Action Plan for the Decade” was approved and approved literacy”, for which UNESCO is appointed as the coordinating body.
During the UN World Education Forum, which was held in Dakar (Senegal) in April 2000, responsibilities were taken to improve the quality of education and literacy levels by 2015. One of the activities is to carry out activities to develop the level of education of girls and women who, for various reasons, do not (have not attended) school. Every year this international holiday is dedicated to a different theme, but the goal remains the same - increasing literacy rates.
In 1989, the Republic of Korea established the King Sejong Award for work in this area. The laureates are awarded a prize of 20 thousand US dollars.
World statistics have shown that a larger percentage of illiterates (37% of adults) live in India.
The 2010 population census showed that in Russia the main general and higher education 91% of the country's residents have, of which 60% have vocational education. Thus, the number of illiterate people has decreased by almost 2 times compared to 2002.
