International Literacy Day 2021 Today Is 'World Literacy Day', Discover The Significance And History
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Date: 2021-09-08

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International Literacy Day 2021: Today is 'World Literacy Day', learn the significance and history of this day now.

Web News Desk, Trending News Fox, Kolkata: Today, World Literacy Day 2021, is being celebrated all over the world. The purpose of celebrating this day is to emphasize the importance of literacy for individuals, communities and societies and to make continuous efforts for more literate societies.

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International Literacy Day 2021: World Literacy Day 2021 amid the corona epidemic is being celebrated around the world today, September 8. This day is celebrated to mark the importance of literacy and to remind us that literacy is a right. September 8, 1966, was declared as International Literacy Day by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

International Literacy Day 2021: Theme

This year's theme for World Literacy Day is "Literacy for human-centred Recovery: Reducing the Digital Divide". The International Literacy Day 2021 theme is set to create more awareness among people about digital literacy. Therefore Significantly, the Corona epidemic has greatly affected the education of children, youth and adults and has created many difficulties, it has increased the division of knowledge among the citizens.

What is the history of Literacy Day?
UNESCO first decided to celebrate International Literacy Day on November 7, 1965. After which, a day was fixed for it and since then every year on September 8 World Literacy Day is celebrated. Literacy Day was observed for the first time since 1966, the year after the UNESCO decision.

Why World Literacy Day is celebrated
This day is celebrated to make people aware of the need to be literate and to know their rights of social and human development. Literacy not only helps people to live a better life but also helps in poverty alleviation, population control, reducing child mortality, etc. This day is celebrated to encourage people for better education. On this day UNESCO organizes many programs in schools, colleges and villages to make people aware.

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Literacy rate in India
India has a total literacy rate of 74.04 per cent as per the last census in 2011, an increase of 9.2 per cent over the last decade (2001-11). According to UNESCO, it will take another 50 years for the country to achieve universal literacy, which is 2060.

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