"cycle of illiteracy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation where a lack of education or literacy among one generation leads to the same in the next generation, forming a continuous cycle. For example: "The poverty-stricken areas of the city are stuck in a cycle of illiteracy, with parents unable to read or write passing these same skills on to their children."
Such help, which promises to lift rural women out of the cycle of illiteracy and poverty, is welcome.
Through collaboration and creative thinking, we can break the cycle of illiteracy that is damaging our children's personal, social and economic prospects.
But these resourceful kids know that education is the key to breaking the cycle of illiteracy and hard labour that runs through their families.This autobiographical novel, written in simple, conversational prose by Andrea Hirata, was a record-breaking bestseller in Indonesia when it was published in 2005.
There are 150 million illiterate women in India who have trouble educating their children, leading to a cycle of illiteracy.
And they soon become locked in a cycle of illiteracy, poverty, ill health and, ultimately, powerlessness.
Educated mothers are more likely to educate their own children -- ending the cycle of illiteracy in one generation.
Without education the girls most likely won't be able to achieve their career goal or get a decent paying job, thus continuing the cycle of poverty, illiteracy and exploitation.
"We want to reach multiple generations and break the cycle of financial illiteracy and poverty," Davidson said.
Kids who didn't get a head start on money are likely to make larger mistakes later in life, undermining their own confidence and continuing the cycle of financial illiteracy.
Rather than breaking the cycle of poverty and illiteracy, the new law appears to entrench it.
Without more inclusion of the sector by both governments and funders in programs and education sector plans, many of the world's poorest children continue to be underserved, in turn, perpetuating the cycle of poverty and illiteracy.
