The Effect of Literacy on Children in Third World Countries Literacy is defined as the quality, condition, or state of being literate. Literacy means that is the ability to read and write. Reading and writing is the basis of all education and it is necessary for an individual to understand information that is out of context, whether written or verbal. Literacy is essential if we are to eradicate poverty at home and abroad, improve infant mortality rates, address gender inequality, and create sustainable development. Children living in poverty do not get the same opportunities to receive education like children living sufficiently, which results in negative effects involving a child’s future. Not being sufficiently educated, children in
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This "global learning crisis" costs developing countries billions of dollars a year in wasted education funding, it warns (Provost.) Literacy is not well practiced and developed in some particular countries in the world. Using the third world as an example, the society found it hard to practice the very basic literacy skills such as reading and writing. The reason of why third world countries are not as educated or developed is because there're not so many teachers committed to perform the duty of educating children. Also, the fact that there is not a wide variety of books or adequate learning facilities at hand. With that being said, corruption in third world countries is also an enormous factor. It is unquestionable that literacy is an important aspect of reducing poverty and well being. In the first place, literacy is crucial in helping those poor people to get out from poverty. It is evident that poverty is a real social phenomenon that results in children having “failure in academic, grade retention, increase in drop-out rate, and need for special education” …show more content…
This is because the government start to realize that through educational programs, literacy practices can be pursue, and it will then promote the idea of people being educated and the life expectancy rate will also increase (Literacy.) Along with these African countries, India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, account for almost three-quarters of the world's illiterate
This "global learning crisis" costs developing countries billions of dollars a year in wasted education funding, it warns (Provost.) Literacy is not well practiced and developed in some particular countries in the world. Using the third world as an example, the society found it hard to practice the very basic literacy skills such as reading and writing. The reason of why third world countries are not as educated or developed is because there're not so many teachers committed to perform the duty of educating children. Also, the fact that there is not a wide variety of books or adequate learning facilities at hand. With that being said, corruption in third world countries is also an enormous factor. It is unquestionable that literacy is an important aspect of reducing poverty and well being. In the first place, literacy is crucial in helping those poor people to get out from poverty. It is evident that poverty is a real social phenomenon that results in children having “failure in academic, grade retention, increase in drop-out rate, and need for special education” …show more content…
This is because the government start to realize that through educational programs, literacy practices can be pursue, and it will then promote the idea of people being educated and the life expectancy rate will also increase (Literacy.) Along with these African countries, India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, account for almost three-quarters of the world's illiterate