UNESCO Enhancement of Literacy Programme in Afghanistan “Every literate woman is victory over poverty” – Ban Ki-moon GLOBAL LITERACY FACTS: 774 m Adults (15+) 2/3 Women 122 m 74 m Youths (15 - 24) Sub Saharan Africa & South and West Asia have the lowest observed literacy rates CANNOT READ OR WRITE Female LITERACY IS A RIGHT AND BENEFITS ALL Social Benefits Individual and Equity Empowerment Peace and Stability Cultural Preservation Economic Returns and Recovery Cultural Reconstruction Afghanistan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world ILLITERATE POPULATION (15+) 62 32 45 17 149.95 m (M) 31 (F) (M) 47 (F) Youth Literacy Adult Literacy Economic Cost of Illiteracy % (15-24yrs) % (15yrs +) Source: WLE, 2012 10,335,836 Source: UIS, 2011 ENHANCEMENT OF LITERACY IN AFGHANISTAN (ELA) Badakhshan Balkh Bamiyan Daikundy Ghor Samangan Nangarhar Paktika Wardak ELA 1 (2008-2010) Basic Literacy Courses 9 Provinces M 88,123 47 Districts Balkh Badghis Badakhshan Bamiyan Daikundy Faryab Ghazni Ghor Khost Kunar Nangarhar Nimroz Nuristan Paktika Samangan Urozgan Wardak Zabul ELA 2 (2010-2013) Basic Literacy + Limited Skills Training 18 Provinces F 167,315 Total Learners M 136,131 F 189,531 Total Learners 99 Districts 3 (2014-2016) Basic Literacy + Skills Based Literacy + Capacity Building Total Learners Badakhshan Bamiyan Badghis Balkh Daikundy Faryab Ghazni Ghor Khost Kunar Nuristan Nimroz Nangarhar Samangan Urozgan Wardak Zabul Paktika Baghlan Hirat Helmand Jawzjan Kapisa Kunduz Paktia Kandahar Laghman Kabul Takhar Sar-e-Pul ELA 34% M Provinces 630,000 30 66% F ELA III Activities : Basic Literacy + Skills-Based Literacy + Revision of Literacy Curriculum + Government Capacity Building PROVINCIAL COVERAGE Literacy Rates % (15yrs +) M F 34.0 14.6 24.4 M JAWZJA¯N M F M 49.4 26.8 37.8 BALKH FA¯RYA¯B M M F 28.3 5.0 16.9 SAR-E PUL M BA¯DGHI¯S M M M F GHO¯R F 29.6 11.1 21.0 M FARA¯H M F 34.5 12.4 23.7 10.2 1.6 6.1 HELMAND M M BADAKHSHA¯N F 46.0 12.9 29.9 M F F GHAZNI¯ UROZGA¯N M F 25.5 1.6 13.6 ZA¯BUL F F 45.7 25.2 35.7 F 78.3 18.8 M 36.7 5.3 BAGHLA¯N 50.8 21.1 M M F F PANJSHER 54.6 21.5 39.5 3.8 M F ¯ ¯ N NU RISTA 38.1 21.8 62.4 21.8 F F 14.7 2.4 8.5 M M M F 42.8 M KUNAR 44.2 6.2 M¯ N F ¯ PARWA 68.1 34.7 KA¯PI¯SA¯ 25.6 M F BA¯MIYA¯N 75.6 10.8 52.0 45.0 9.3 42.2 KA¯BUL LAGHMA¯N 27.6 M F 53.0 11.4 WARDAK M F NANGARHA¯R 31.3 M F 48.5 18.0 43.0 5.8 32.9 LO¯GAR 25.6 M M F F 27.0 2.4 59.7 21.4 DA¯IKUNDY¯ 41.2 15.5 PAKTIA¯ 35.2 5.1 20.3 HIRA¯T F TAKHA¯R F 32.8 9.5 21.6 52.3 17.5 35.5 F 29.4 19.3 24.3 M SAMANGA¯N 33.9 14.1 23.6 F M 32.8 15.5 24.3 KUNDUZ F 42.5 17.6 29.6 F 25.1 6.9 16.3 M F 63.6 2.6 32.2 PAKTI¯KA¯ KHO¯ST LEGEND Literacy Disparities Highest 52 - Lowest 6.1 Kabul Helmand Gender Disparity M 78 10 Panjsher Helmand 1.6 Helmand F 35 Kabul F 30.0 3.4 16.8 & Zabul Donors KANDAHA¯R $20m ¯Z NI¯MRO $9.3m $2.7m Japan Sweden Finland Source: NRVA 2011-2012 “I can read the hospital signs, medical signs, billboards, the shop signs; I am able to read everything now. It is all due to these literacy classes.” - ELA Video, 2014 COLLABORATING FOR LITERACY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The Government of Japan
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