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Download full textUNICEF, 2021
This report, which has been developed through a partnership between the African Union Commission (AUC) and UNICEF, aims to: (1) track the progress that African nations have made in education, especially in relation to Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4) and the Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA) goals; (2) identify the challenges…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, COVID-19, Pandemics
De La Rosa, Denise; Maw, Carlyle E. – 1990
This report provides statistical data on the educational status of Hispanic Americans. Summaries are provided of educational status, attainment, and literacy at various points in the educational pipeline. Information about elementary and secondary school teachers is also included. Statistical data were drawn primarily from recent reports of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Census Figures, Educational Attainment, Educational Experience
Peer reviewedCarceles, Gabriel – Comparative Education Review, 1990
Describes status and challenge of worldwide illiteracy. Discusses statistical plausibility of universal literacy by 2000. Predicts literacy universalization will take from 14 to 21 years, depending on region, if 1980s trends continue. Implies literacy work requires action strategies commensurate with problem, including national programs and mass…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Age Differences, Comparative Education
Talbot, Winthrop – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1916
"Illiterates" are those who have not learned to write in any language. This is the definition on which American and most foreign statistics of illiteracy are based, because the percentage of those who can read but can not write is so small that it may be ignored. The test of writing one's name and ordinary words is simple, easily…
Descriptors: Working Class, Immigrants, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Statistics on Education. – 1990
Worldwide educational indicators are presented in tables and graphs by region. The indicators are selected to highlight the International Literacy Year and Education for All, two programs of particular importance to the United Nations. Data are presented for the school years beginning in 1970, 1975, 1980, and select years up to 1987. The terms…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Demography, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Direct linkVerner, Dorte – World Bank Publications, 2004
The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. Breaking the inter-generational transmission of poverty requires far-reaching actions in the education sector. Widespread poverty affects both students' performance and their availability to attend…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Older Adults, Low Income
