International Literacy Day today: 23 districts to be declared fully literate

Kathmandu: International Literacy Day is being celebrated today in the country through virtual and other means.
The theme of International Literacy Day this year is “Literacy for a human-centred recovery: Narrowing the digital divide.”

The Centre for Education and Human Resource Development has planned a tree plantation programme in Bhaktapur to mark the occasion.

The literacy rate of the 15 and above age group is currently 67.9 per cent. The literacy rate of the males belonging to this age group is 78.6 per cent and that of females is 59.7 per cent.

Fifty-four districts of the country have been declared attaining full literacy while 23 districts and 218 local levels remain to be declared so.

There are 35 thousand 674 schools in operation in the country at present. Out of these, 27 thousand 818 are community schools, 6732 institutional (private) schools and 1,130 religious schools, the Centre stated.