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Literacy is the ability to read and write |
"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."
Mark Twain
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
The inability to do so in any language is Illiteracy.
People who can read and write are called Literate.
People who cannot read and write are called Illiterate.
Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong learning.
It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to transform lives.
It helps to improve one's health, income an relationship with the world.

Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong learning.
It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to transform lives.
It helps to improve one's health, income an relationship with the world.
People who are illiterate could not communicate out their ideas, emotions and expressions to the general public.
They could also not receive and register information from written sources.
This causes them to risk being socially separated from their peers.