Answer» - Literacy rate shows proportion of literate people in the country. The people who can read and write are called literate people.
- Every country has different norms to decide literacy. In India, those who can read, write and do arithmetic calculations are called literate.
- Literacy in the country is essential to eradicate poverty and for social, economic and political development.
- Literacy rate in the country depends upon cost of education, standard of living, status of women in the society, availability of educational facilities and government policy etc.
- In general, literacy rate of male is more than female with few exceptions.
- Literacy rate is more than 90% in most of the developed countries of Europe, North America, Australia etc.
- Lowest literacy rate is in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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