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Today is Int’l Literacy Day

Sep 08, 2008 News

— emphasises importance of literacy and health
Today is International Literacy Day, and the local Education Ministry will engage a number of activities in this regard.
According to the Coordinator of the Distance Education and Information Unit, Ms Pauline Stanford, Literacy Day is being observed under the theme ‘Literacy: Key to good health and well being,’ and will entail activities centred on educational development.
For this reason, she said, a number of reading tents will be set up countrywide, where reading-related performances will be undertaken, in keeping with the theme.
According to Ms Stanford, commencing from as early as 08:30 hrs today, the reading tent activities will kick off simultaneously at the various venues, with an anticipated closing time of 15:30 hrs.
Among the venues is the Sophia Primary School, where reading activities for primary school-aged students will be engaged.
The National Park tarmac will accommodate activities for kindergarten students, while the Saint Stanislaus College will host events for those at the secondary level, Ms Stanford said.
A reading tent will also be set up at the Nismes Community Centre Ground, which will serve as the venue for all reading activities in Region Three.
Other regions, Ms Stanford noted, will host similar sessions, all aimed at promoting the act of reading.
The tents, she noted, will be characteristic of a reading environment, where both parents and teachers will be tasked with reading to children.
This move, the coordinator said, is geared at not only prompting teachers and parents to encourage reading among children, but members of communities and the country at large will be challenged to develop a habit of reading.
In addition, Ms Stanford said, the activities will entail reading competitions among students, also intended to boost their reading skills.
Stanford noted that emphasis on literacy is a crucial undertaking, since it represents the hallmark of life, and hence the basis on which an individual, and by extension a country, is developed.
September 8 was proclaimed International Literacy Day by UNESCO on November 17, 1965, but was first celebrated in 1966.
The aim of the day is to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies.
On Literacy Day each year, UNESCO reminds the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally.
According to UNESCO, some 774 million adults lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults is still not literate, and two-thirds of them are women.
72.1 million children are out of school, and many more attend irregularly.
In addition to having a strong focus on literacy this year, Literacy Day 2008 also places emphasis on epidemics as they relate to communicable diseases such as HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria, some of the world’s most important public health concerns.

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