The literacy rate in Jordan, at 89%, is second to Israel's 96% in the Middle East.
The male literacy rate stood at 69.5 per cent while it was 45.2% for females.
Some 40 million adults are illiterate and the overall literacy rate is close to 57 %.
Nepal's adult literacy rate, at just 44%, is already among the lowest in the region.
The overall adult female literacy rate is projected to be 47% by the year 2015.
His government managed to lift Zimbabwe's adult literacy rate to one of the highest on the continent.
The literacy rate in Jordan, at 89%, is second to Israel (with 96%) in the Middle East.
Low wages aren't the only hitch for ambitious youths in a nation with a 94% literacy rate.
"Because we have such a low literacy rate here in Louisiana, " she says.
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Contrary to that in Punjab the literacy rate increased to 59.6 per cent.
In Cambodia, the 2008 National Population Census placed the literacy rate of those aged 15 years or older at 77.6%.
In Sohag province, where Al Kosheh lies, the population growth rate is double that of Cairo, the literacy rate half.
In 2009-10 the literacy rate in Pakistan marginally increased to 57.7% due to an increase in the literacy ratio of females in rural areas.
He said that literacy rate in rural Sindh is alarmingly low and that more than half or 58% rural population of Sindh is illiterate.
The published literacy rate is forty-nine per cent, and in some areas the rate is estimated to be as low as fourteen per cent.
And this is reflected in the literacy rate for the community which at below 55% is almost 10% lower than average Indian literacy rates.
India's literacy rate is rising, thanks in part to a surge in cheap private schools for the poor, but it is still far behind China's.
Meanwhile, however, the literacy rate among men of working age has risen to 70%, making the labour force much more productive than in the past.
With a 77% literacy rate (Syria 83%, Lebanon 89%, Kuwait 94%, Libya 88%)maybe enabling people to think for themselves has not been quite a priority.
We have so many other things to be ashamed of first -- like our literacy rate, poverty levels, health conditions, political leaders and parties, corruption, terrorism etc.
According to the official definition, the literacy rate is that percentage of the population ten years and above which is able to read and write in any language.
Despite the trappings of Westernization in major cities, a literacy rate of just 61 percent and high infant mortality rates betray the reality of India's status as an emerging nation.
Our literacy rate remains high, compared with neighboring countries.
While male literacy rate is 71.6 percent, it is only 44.5 percent for women, revealing Gender Parity Index (GPI) at 0.62, with women still lagging behind men by more than 27 percentage points.
She further highlighted the gender gap in youth literacy by pointing out to UNESCO report that the literacy rate of female youth of aged between 15-24 in Pakistan is 61% against 79% for males.
Because of increased State support of education, the literacy rate in Bahrain rose from 45 per cent in 1984 to 97 per cent and 87 per cent by 2005, for young people and adults, respectively.
According to recent reports, the Nepal Living Standards Survey 2010-2011 (NLSS- III) has found out that Nepal has an adult literacy rate of 56.6 percent with a huge variation between men and women .
The electronic media, which has greater outreach in a country like Pakistan with its low literacy rate, totally ignored the news except in their early morning bulletins which broadcast the news quoting the New York Times report.
Warren Mellor, Country Director UNESCO stated , that Pakistan is the signatory of Dakar Framework of Action for EFA, held in Dakar, Senegal in April, 2000 and Pakistan has committed to achieve 86% literacy rate by 2015.
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