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Literacy Rate 42.2 %
Illiterate Population 613 thousands
1995 figures estimated by UNESCO in 1998.


Basic Literacy Course in NFE Programme
Level I
(Basic Level)
Level II
(Middle Level)
Level III
(Self-Learning Level)
Unit Topics Unit Topics Unit Topics
1 Household Works 11 Family with Less Children 21 Co-operation
2 Breast Feeding for Baby 12 Pregnant Women 22 Compost for Better Soil
3 Disadvantages of Early Marriage 13 Nutrition 23 Population Education
4 Immunisation 14 Sanitation 24 Environment
5 Clean Drinking Water 15 Kitchen Gardening 25 Health and Hygiene
6 Nutrition 16 Poultry 26 Mushroom and Asparagus
7 Smokeless Stove 17 Forest Conservation 27 Why Literacy
8 Loyalty and Faithfulness 18 Cash Crops 28 Livestock
9 Clean Environment 19 Handicrafts 29 Sexually Transmitted Disease
10 Forest Preservation 20 Our Country 30 Our Tradition and Culture
* Adopted by the Non Formal Education Section, Education Division, Ministry of Health and Education in 1998.

"Our Knowledge," Basic Level, Non-Formal Education and Linguistics Division, Dzongkha Development Commission, 1993.


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