Boys' Brigade, 50th Company

Boys' Brigade, 50th Company

Learn more about Literacy!

Hello there! Welcome to our blog!

We are a group of cadets from the Singapore 50th Boys' Brigade Company searching for ways to share with you our research on 'Literacy In Our World'.

This is so that we may be well prepared with the knowledge of the global issue, people are facing with Literacy.

We also aim to identify the implications this global issue have on us and the world.

By knowing more, we could make informed decisions before providing service and giving assistance to our community.

Do take a look around our blog and have fun learning more about the world issue on Literacy!


What are Literacy Rates?

Literacy rate is the percentage of the population that can literate.

 
* Adults who can literate are able to read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life with understanding.
* Anyone with an age of 15 years old and above are counted as adults.



According to "The World Bank" website,

Literacy Rate is defined as the percentage of the population age 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.

Source:
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS


For example,

Population Happy has a total of 300 adults(15 years old and above) and 240 children.
75 of the adults and 100 of the children are able to literate and work.

To calculate the literacy rate of Population Happy, we could ignore any numerical information given about the number of children.

Hence, following the equation given above, the literacy rate of Population Happy is 25%.

Literacy Rate of Population Happy = (75 ÷ 300) x 100%
                                                        = 0.25 x 100%
                                                        = 25%

Therefore, we understand that the higher the literacy rate of a population, the higher the amount of adults in the population can literate.