International Literacy Day

International Literacy Day
Observed byAll UN Member States
Date8 September
Next time8 September 2025 (2025-09-08)
FrequencyAnnual

International Literacy Day is an international observance, celebrated each year on 8 September. It was declared by UNESCO on 26 October 1966 at the 14th session of UNESCO's General Conference and celebrated for the first time in 1967. The day aims is to highlight, the importance of literacy to individuals, communities, and societies. Celebrations take place in several countries.[1][2][3]

Rationale

Some 775 million lack minimum literacy skills; one in five adults are still not literate and two-thirds of, them are women.[4] 60.7 million children are out of school and many more attend irregularly or drop out.[5][6] According to UNESCO’s "Global Monitoring Report on Education for All (2006),"[7] South Asia has the lowest regional adult literacy rate (58.6%), followed by sub-Saharan Africa (59.7%).[8] Countries with the lowest literacy rates in the world are Burkina Faso (12.8%), Niger (14.4%) and Mali (19%). The report shows a clear connection between illiteracy and countries in extreme poverty, also between illiteracy and prejudice against women.[9]

Celebrations

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Celebrations of International Literacy Day have included specific themes, in line with Education For All goals and other United Nations programs such as the United Nations Literacy Decade.[10]

The themes for celebrations and activities over the years are as follows:

2007 and 2008

The theme was “Literacy and Health”, with prizes awarded to organizations at the forefront of health education.[11] This was also the thematic emphasis of the 2007–2008 United Nations Literacy Decade biennium.[12] In particular, International Literacy Day 2008 strongly emphasizes "Literacy and Epidemics" with a focus on communicable diseases such as HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria - some of the world's forefront public health concerns.

2009–2010

For this celebration, the emphasis was placed on “Literacy and Empowerment,”[13] with special consideration to gender equality and the Empowerment of women.

2011–2012

The theme of the 2011–2012 celebrations was “Literacy and Peace”.[14]

2022

The theme was Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces[15] to reconsider the basic significance of literacy learning spaces for fostering resilience and guaranteeing high-quality, equitable, and inclusive education for all.

2023

The theme for the 2023 celebration was Promoting Literacy for a World in transition: Building the foundation for Sustainable and Peaceful Societies.[16][17]

2024

Promoting multilingual education: Literacy for mutual understanding and peace was the theme for the celebration.[18][19]

The following writers are supporting UNESCO through the Writers for Literacy Initiative:[20] Margaret Atwood, Paul Auster, Philippe Claudel, Paulo Coelho, Philippe Delerm, Fatou Diome, Chahdortt Djavann, Nadine Gordimer, Amitav Ghosh, Marc Levy, Alberto Manguel, Anna Moi, Scott Momaday, Toni Morrison, Érik Orsenna, Gisèle Pineau, El Tayeb Salih, Francisco Jose Sionil, Wole Soyinka, Amy Tan, Miklós Vámos, Abdourahman Waberi, Wei Wei, Banana Yoshimoto.

Along with the writers’ engagement, there are various companies and charity organizations that support the fight against illiteracy. Some supporters of International Literacy Day include the Global Development Research Center, Montblanc, the National Institute for Literacy, and Rotary International.

"At a time when we need to reinvent a world of hope, literacy is more important than ever. On this International Day, I thus invite all those involved in education to redouble their investments and mobilize all their resources to unleash the potential of each individual in the service of a shared world." — Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO Director General, on the occasion of International Literacy Day[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "International Literacy Day". UNESCO. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ "World Literacy Day 2020: Theme, History, Significance And Quotes". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ "International Literacy Day 2024 - World Literacy Foundation". worldliteracyfoundation.org. 22 August 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Literacy". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. 18 November 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  5. ^ "More Than One-Half of Children and Adolescents Are Not Learning Worldwide" (PDF). UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  6. ^ "International Literacy Day 2020: Current Theme, History and Significance". Jagranjosh.com. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Global Education Monitoring Report". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 28 February 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  8. ^ "International Literacy Day 2020: History, significance and theme of the UNESCO designated day". Hindustan Times. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  9. ^ NEWS, SA (8 September 2022). "International Literacy Day: ILD Should Assess Spiritual Literacy". SA News Channel. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. ^ Nations, United. "International Literacy Day". United Nations. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Winners 2008 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  12. ^ "UN Literacy Decade | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". UNESCO. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  13. ^ "2011 | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". UNESCO. 8 September 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  14. ^ "UNESCO International Literacy Prizes" (PDF). Unesdoc.usesco.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  15. ^ "International Literacy Day 2022: History, Importance & Theme".
  16. ^ "UNESCO". unesco.org. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  17. ^ Soroptimist (6 September 2023). "International Literacy Day 2023". Soroptimist Europe (in French). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  18. ^ "UNESCO International Literacy Day and Literacy Prizes 2024 award ceremony". unesco.org. 8 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  19. ^ "International Literacy Day: Onwe residents benefit from Engage Now Africa's training programme". 8 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  20. ^ "The Writers for Literacy | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  21. ^ "International Literacy Day". 2 October 2018.

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