Sentences with phrase «high literacy rate»

With Cuba's high literacy rates in discussion this week ahead of US President Obama's visit to Havana, one of the industry representatives to the RICOH Executive Publishing Symposium in Boulder, Colorado, is talking about the Latin American market for self - published authors.

Though the Japanese have an extremely high literacy rate, only a first through ninth grade education is compulsory.

According to the fifth annual Softlink Australian School Library Survey, there is a direct correlation between how well - funded and well - stocked a school library is, and how high the literacy rates and reading performance of the school's student body are.

One of the major focuses for the recent event was the emphasis on government spending on education, which translates into higher literacy rates, a better level of English - language instruction which will allow more readers to enjoy English pleasure reading, and a growing interaction with tablet computers thanks to spending initiatives to put more tablets in schools at even the primary levels.

Most of its foreign employees and manufacturing facilities were already located in the Caribbean, and Gildan's founder and then CEO Greg Chamandy explained in a press release that the small island nation was attractive because of its high literacy rate and excellent telecommunications system.

Mr. Abraham Attah, Robert Gabriel Mugabe may be ready to be a brand ambassador as well since his country is known to have the highest literacy rate in Africa.

Experimental psychologist Steven Pinker believes we're getting less violent because we're getting smarter, thanks to higher literacy rates and more abstract thinking.

Costa Rica, a centuries - old democracy with universal health care, no standing army and the highest literacy rate in Central America, has been relatively insulated from the corruption, narco - terrorism and civil wars that have plagued neighbors like Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

The passing of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (NHEA) draws attention to the high literacy rates of Hawaiians at the time of annexation and the sharp drop in such literacy during the period of American control.

Upon the conclusion of the American Revolution, our newly independent nation began to place an emphasis on public education; and by 1870, every state had free elementary schools, and the United States had one of the highest literacy rates in the world.

TONGA: With an economy based on farming, fishing and some tourism, there's not a huge demand for consumer books in Tonga, although the country has the highest literacy rate in the Pacific (over 98 %) and a good primary and secondary education system.

India has a high literacy rate and there are 125 million English speakers in the country, which is more than the populations of the UK, Canada and Australia combined.

Saint Paul has built a reputation for having a high literacy rate, and it was the only city in the United States with a population of 250,000 or more that experienced an increase of Sunday newspapers in 2007.

While going to Nizhniy Novgorod State University, I learned Russia had the highest literacy rate in the world during the height of the Soviet Union.

The state also has high literacy rates, high life expectancy, and highest female gender ratio and the people are very hospitable.

Costa Rica has one of the highest literacy rates in the world and is one of the most environmentally - conscious countries around.

At 99.8 %, Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world and the art schools provide broad and rigorous instruction.

The deniers here are viewed with incredulity almost anywhere in Europe, since they have a higher literacy rate over there, and far right lunatics are less powerful.

For example, look at the countries that claim 99 % or higher literacy rate.

Increased attendance leads to higher literacy rates, and so on.

Delhi, boasting of the highest penetration, has one of the highest literacy rate in India (86.34), while Bihar with the lowest insurance density bears the lowest literacy rate in India (63.40).

Saint Paul has built a reputation for having a high literacy rate, and it was the only city in the United States with a population of 250,000 or more that experienced an increase of Sunday newspapers in 2007.

Bitmari chose to establish itself in Zimbabwe on account of the country's high cell phone penetration, high literacy rate, high mobile banking usage and a willingness to adopt new currencies.

The state has the highest literacy rate in India and the longest life expectancy, and in general the people reflect this is in how content they seem.