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30 March 2010 – A new United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) scheme seeks to enhance literacy and empower marginalized
people in rural areas of
The project will directly benefit 1,000 illiterate girls and women, as well as members of other disadvantaged groups, in classrooms.
But
its main thrust is to developing training methods for the Dhanusa and
Kapilbastu districts, in
Through
“innovative, mother tongue-based” methods, the project, funded by
Rates
for those with higher incomes average 72 per cent, while among the poorest,
only 23 per cent are literate. It has been reported that among some
disadvantaged cases in rural areas, rates are as low as 4 to 10 per cent.
Urban
areas have recorded a literacy rate of 73 per cent, but only reaching 43 per
cent on average in rural areas.
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