Population Part 2 — Geography STD 12 Commerce / Arts — Question
Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 Commerce / ArtsGeographyPopulation Part 24 Marks
Question
Literacy rate.
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Answer
Literacy rate shows proportion of literate people in the country. The people who can read and write are called literate people.
Every country has different norms to decide literacy. In India, those who can read, write and do arithmetic calculations are called literate.
Literacy in the country is essential to eradicate poverty and for social, economic and political development.
Literacy rate in the country depends upon cost of education, standard of living, status of women in the society, availability of educational facilities and government policy etc.
In general, literacy rate of male is more than female with few exceptions.
Literacy rate is more than 90% in most of the developed countries of Europe, North America, Australia etc.
Lowest literacy rate is in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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