A billion illiterate

11th December 1998, 12:00am

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A billion illiterate

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NEARLY a billion people across the world, two-thirds of them women, will enter the 21st century illiterate, according to a survey by the United Nations’ Children’s Fund. One in six adults will be unable to read a book or write their name.

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