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Well thanks for the UNESCO stats. UNESCO does get the data from mostly govt source. Yet the definition of literacy hugely varies country to country. Same as for poverty.
For instance in Bangladesh the definition of literacy means standard 5 level of education who can still remain literate at the age of 15, considering discontinuation of education after primary level at the age of 11.
So the 49% of literacy you see is the test conducted by the bureo of statistics (this is done yearly basis taking random samples from all across the country and conduct actual test with question and answers) who will score 50% or above marks on the test of 5th standard education. They are called basic literate. those who scores 25-50% (merely pass the test) are called semi literates on the same test questionaries and the percentage of people above this category 66%. those who scores 25% or less are called non literate.
We dont have any statistics for standard 1 level of education who can only read and write.
For instance in Bangladesh the definition of literacy means standard 5 level of education who can still remain literate at the age of 15, considering discontinuation of education after primary level at the age of 11.
So the 49% of literacy you see is the test conducted by the bureo of statistics (this is done yearly basis taking random samples from all across the country and conduct actual test with question and answers) who will score 50% or above marks on the test of 5th standard education. They are called basic literate. those who scores 25-50% (merely pass the test) are called semi literates on the same test questionaries and the percentage of people above this category 66%. those who scores 25% or less are called non literate.
We dont have any statistics for standard 1 level of education who can only read and write.
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