Sentence examples for by literacy from inspiring English sources

Even today he has not been wholly supplanted in the Islamic world by literacy or by such modern entertainments as radio, television, and the cinema.

Although by this time he considers himself more a social democrat than a revolutionary, he believes that progress must be measured not by macroeconomic indicators but by literacy rates and land rights for the poor.

Since some Vai were illiterate, some were schooled in English, and others were literate in the Vai's own script, the researchers hoped to be able to distinguish cognitive changes caused by schooling from those caused specifically by literacy.

Our hands are tied as educators and we find ourselves forcing a curriculum solely dominated by literacy and numeracy, measurable by tests, on children, which destroys their interest in learning.

Each of the tablets comes preloaded with a special edition of Jack and the Beanstalk and Other Beany Stories, Poems and Jokes, a collection of new stories by children's authors and illustrators commissioned by literacy charity Beanstalk.

As the earliest urban populations, they were distinguished by literacy, technological progress (notably in metals), and increasingly sophisticated forms of social and political organization (formalized in religious-legal codes and symbolized in temples and walls).

Rising circulations were made possible by increased literacy and by technological advances in mechanical typesetting, in high-speed printing (rotary press), in communications (telegraph and telephone), and in transport (railway).

Figure  1 shows the unadjusted mean and the median cost by year and by health literacy level.

Unable to attend regular classes, Hlaing joined a non-formal primary education scheme at Mingan School, supported by UNICEF and run by Myanmar Literacy Resource Centres.

We compared demographics by health literacy (adequate vs. inadequate) and overall and individual CAM categories by health literacy using chi square statistics.

Measuring the success of the programme by increased literacy levels alone doesn't do it justice.