Sentence examples for level of illiteracy from inspiring English sources

Official government statistics put the level of illiteracy at Jamaican primary schools at 25%.

CN If today our country is going from conflict to conflict it's because the level of illiteracy is very high.

The novel had sold 800,000 copies, an extraordinary achievement in a country with a high level of illiteracy, but the soap opera reached 25m people.

There is not a "high level of illiteracy in the UK" – less than 1% of people are unable to read and write.

According to the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America, Cuba maintains the lowest level of infant mortality and the third lowest level of illiteracy in Latin America despite the overwhelming pressure of the United States embargo.

Visitors from more affluent nations still see few highways and many bad roads, an antiquated railroad system, a Kafkaesque bureaucracy, a high level of illiteracy and even pockets of shantytowns, crowded with African immigrants, reminiscent of the third world.

"This format works well in communities with high levels of illiteracy.

Their communities struggle against levels of illiteracy, hunger and poverty that dwarf the national averages.

Poor neighbourhoods in England are still beset by Victorian-era levels of illiteracy, the schools minister has claimed.

In 1826, Charles Dupin created a so-called "thematic map" using shading to show the varying levels of illiteracy across France.

Adult education classes were also developed to address the high levels of illiteracy among the landless workers.