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Grebelsky, Ora – 1971
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of a study about the world's illiteracy. The writer recalls that the gap between underdeveloped and industrial nations is particularly wide in the field of education. About two fifths of the world's adult population, nearly 800 million people are unable to read or write. The…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
