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Education Sciences An Open Access Journal From Mdpi
In Burkina Faso, Niger and South Sudan – the African nations at the bottom of the rank – literacy charges are still under 30%. The interactive map reveals literacy rates all over the world, using latest estimates printed in the CIA Factbook. As it can be seen, all international locations exterior Africa have literacy rates above 50%. In truth, whereas the ambition of common literacy in Europe was a elementary reform born from the Enlightment, it took centuries for it to happen. Even in early-industrialized countries it was only within the 19th and 20th centuries that rates of literacy approached…