BY RITA PEKI - Posted on Post Courier
Literacy is a word that has multiple meanings behind it. Every individual will have their own definition of what literacy is and how it affects societies today.
Generally, literacy can mean anything that is recognised, read or even just being understood by an individual.
Without literacy the world would fall apart and everyday tasks would be impossible to be completed because it is the ultimate superpower that should be attainable by everyone but is not used to its full potential.
One of the most influential partsof literacy is the lives of individuals in the literacy events that occur in everyday situations such as doing shopping, chatting with friends, going out for a ride or party, literacy will always be prompt.
Literacy can also bring the world to its knees or to another level with the help from the communication around the world because it contains power that can build or destroy a person.
Without literacy, a country’s society can be razed through the struggles and hardships that lead to high crimes whereas with literacy, it can make a country soar with technology and a thriving economy.
For a developing country like Papua New Guinea, illiteracy is one of the most daunting challenges and main drivers of tribal fights, crimes, violence against women, drugging and home brew activities which have lured the lives of many unemployed youths, abandoning education as the fundamental source to a better life.
According to a literacy report in 2015, youth literacy is low at approximately 63 per cent and covers the population between the ages of 15-24 years.
An estimated 60 – 70 per cent of our population consists of youths and only 20-30 per cent has acquired decent education.
The good news is that one of the objectives of the national governments in the Millennium Development Goal is to achieve 70 per cent literacy rate by the year 2025 including addressing adult literacy.
If the people are illiterate, they will never know how to look after themselves and live a healthy lifestyle. They will lack respect and common understanding.
For example, your ethnic background can also be a major contribution to the amount of acceptance and your views on the society. Having the ability to be well educated gives you the advantage on how to change the views of others and the ethnic group in which you belong to.
Literacy teaches you on how to be independent, confident and beingtrue to yourself. It also broadens one’s knowledge to differentiate right from wrong.
Although there are occasions where literacy is not as important as it seems, being well educated is a crucial thing in order to make you stand out and be able to navigate through your communitybecause in a world like this, it is what you need in order to be successful.
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