Jordan marks International Literacy Day

AMMAN — Jordan on Tuesday celebrated the International Literacy Day under the theme of “Literacy and Sustainable Societies”.

Head of the Senate’s Education Committee Senator Abdullah Oweidat said that illiteracy is not a problem in Jordan, especially that its rate among adults stands at less than 10 per cent, attributing this low rate to compulsory education.

UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, in her message on the occasion, said that despite the progress in fighting illiteracy in the world since 2000, there are still 757 million adults, two thirds of whom are women, who lack basic reading skills.