Abstracts From UNESCO Newsletter :

Primary Education : Millions of children around the world are deorived of the right to education.

Result : One out of the three children never see inside of a classroom. UNESCO works with national governments and development and partners to achieve universal  free primary education and gender equality  by 2015.

Literacy : In today 's world, one in five adults is still not literate(two-thirds of them women) while 75 million children are out of school.

Since its foundation in 1946, UNESCO has been at the fore-front of global literacy efforts and is dedicated to keep literacy high on national,region and international agendas. However with some 774 million adults lacking minimum literacy skills,Literacy for all remains an elusive target.

Why Literacy  Important ?

Literacy is a human right, a tool of personal empowerment and means for social and human development.Education opportunities depend on literacy

Literacy is at the heart of basic education for all, and essential for eradication poverty,reduce the child mortality,curbing population growth, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development,peace and democracy.

There are good reasons why literacy is the core of Education for All(EFA). A good Quality  basic education equips with pupils with skills for life and further learning; Literate parents are  more likely to send their children to school;Literate people are better able to access continuing education opportunities; and literate societies are better geared to meet pressing development challenges.

International Literacy Day September 2008.

Literacy and NFBE Department of the Pujnab organized the following schedule on International Literacy Dat/Week (8th to 13th September 2008) in collaboration with leading literacy NGOs. The main Purpose of these events was to create awarencess among all Stakholders regarding Literacy and EFA.

The detail of the activities for celebrations of literacy week in district Lahore is as under.

Overall Theme: Achieving EFA Goals

Objectives Of The Celebrations of International Literacy Day/Week

1. To participate in the celebration of International Literacy Day/Week (ILD) from 8th Sep. 2008 to 13 Sep. 2008.
2. To Promote the exchange of experiences in basic education and in life long learning.
3. To identify effective community -based approaches fir basic education and lifelong learning to reach EFA goals.
4. To develop strategies and activities as follow -up to the Dakar Framework of Action for the promotion and strengthening of community-based basic education and lifelong learning.
5. To Develop Strategies for strengthening the existing mechanisms for EFA at regional level.