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Literacy Rate 56.6%
Illiterate Population 1,1 million
1995 figures estimated by UNESCO in 1998.

Level

Description

Number of Topics Contents Developed
at central level at local level
I. (for the eradication of illiteracy) Health 16 7
Income 21 9
Civic Duty 8 6
II. (equivalent to primary level three) Health 7 4
Income 11 6
Civic Duty 5 3
III. (equivalent to primary level five) Health 7 4
Income 6 4
Civic Duty 4 2
* Adopted by the Department of Non-formal Education (DNFE), Ministry of Education in 1999.


"Text-book of Non-Formal Basic Education, Volume 1," Middle Level, Department of Non-Formal Education, Ministry of Education, 1997.


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