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Every year on September 8, International Literacy Day is observed to raise awareness and concern about literacy issues that exist both locally and globally. If you can read this right now, you are more blessed than almost 800 million adults and over 250 million children worldwide who lack basic literacy …

For over 50 years, UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has celebrated International Literacy Day, and with good reason. Literacy plays a pivotal role in life. The late Kofi Annan coined it when he said, “Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which …