“Education brings sustainability to all the development goals, and literacy is the foundation of all learning. It provides individuals with the skills to understand the world and shape it, to participate in democratic processes and have a voice, and also to strengthen their cultural identity.” WorldIndividualProcessGoalVoiceIdentityDevelopmentShapesSkillsFoundationDemocraticSustainabilityLiteracyDemocratic ProcessCultural Identity Author:Irina Bokova
“The goal of providing basic literacy and education to all the world's people is still the most basic development challenge.” PeopleWorldStillsGoalChallengesDevelopmentProvidingLiteracy Author:Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
“If development was measured not by gross national product, but a society's success in meeting the basic needs of its people, Vietnam would have been a model. That was its real "threat." From the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 to 1972, primary and secondary school enrollment in the North increased sevenfold, from 700,000 to almost five million. In 1980, UNESCO estimated a literacy rate of 90 percent and school enrollment among the highest in Asia and throughout the Third World.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsHas BeensRealSchoolMillionsFiveProductsDevelopmentHighestModelsPercentThirdsThreatMeetingsRateDefeatPrimariesVietnamAsiaLiteracyGrossThird WorldBasic NeedsUnescoSecondary SchoolEnrollment Author:John Pilger
“Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.” MeanCoursesEducationCollegeDevelopmentProgramCreditGood TimesTreatmentFewerLiteracyIncentivesFundingEliminationParoleInmatesCollege Courses Author:Bobby Scott
“Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom are among the least religious societies on earth. According to the United Nations' Human Development Report (2005), they are also the healthiest, as indicated by life expectancy, adult literacy, per capita income, educational attainment, gender equality, homicide rate, and infant mortality. . . . Conversely, the fifty nations now ranked lowest in terms of the United Nations' human development index are unwaveringly religious.” HumansEarthReligionNationsTermReligiousUnitedDevelopmentAdultsRateEducationalGenderIncomeKingdomsFiftyReportsCanadaJapanAustraliaMortalityLowestLiteracyUnited NationsInfantAttainmentGender EqualityHuman DevelopmentSwedenBelgiumSwitzerlandUnited KingdomHomicideDenmarkExpectancyNorwayIcelandNetherlandsLife ExpectancyInfant Mortality Book:Letter to a Christian Nation Source: Letter to a Christian Nation
“Hearing stories has a direct impact on literacy development.” StoriesDevelopmentDirectImpactHearingLiteracy Author:Stephen D. Krashen
“There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the country's economic development. A girl's lack of education also has a negative impact on the health and well-being of her children.” WellsChildrenCountryGirlMillionsEconomicDevelopmentLowsNegativeIndiaImpactWell BeingLiteracyIlliterateEconomic DevelopmentLack Of Education Author:Sachin Tendulkar
“Education and democracy have the same goal: the fullest possible development of human capabilities.” HumansGoalEducationDemocracyDevelopmentEducationalCapabilityLiteracyDemocracies HaveVoting And Democracy Author:Paul Wellstone
“No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles, nor to prescribe in any way the character of the questions investigated. Neither may a government determine the aesthetic value of artistic creations, nor limit the forms of literacy or artistic expression. Nor should it pronounce on the validity of economic, historic, religious, or philosophical doctrines. Instead it has a duty to its citizens to maintain the freedom, to let those citizens contribute to the further adventure and the development of the human race.” WayShouldHumansMayCharacterGovernmentFormPoliticalValuesReligiousRacePrinciplesDemocracyEconomicCreationAdventureExpressionDutyDevelopmentCitizensLimitsPhilosophicalDetermineDoctrineArtisticHuman RaceAestheticLiteracyHistoricValidityArtistic ExpressionArtistic Creation Author:Richard P. Feynman