Sentences with phrase «low literacy rates»

This clear method of representation is important in countries with low literacy rates.

According to Wikipedia «women have a much lower literacy rate than men.

Jeremy Wright then went on to say that the real problem was literacy, and of course low literacy rates are a major issue in prison.

For instance, India, counted among the countries with the lowest general insurance penetration and density has a comparatively lower literacy rate (73 %) compared to that of US (99.0 %) and UK (99.0 %).

This strong negative correlation exists even after accounting for the lower gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, which is associated with lower literacy rates, in countries with larger Catholic population shares.

Yemen, which has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, has about 500,000 Yeminis displaced by social unrest and is hosting another 215,000 refugees from the Horn of Africa, Khan says.

Low literacy rates» association with crime extends to factors which are most visible at school — low attainment, negative experiences, exclusion and truancy.

Inadequate funding, lower literacy rates, and less access to advanced courses such as AP and STEM classes impact rural students» achievement, creating significant barriers to their success.

And, outside the city, it matters because U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called Detroit — with its low literacy rate, low performance and mounting debt — a «ground zero» for education reform, signaling that if performance can increase there, it can happen anywhere.

What age group has lowest literacy rate?

Grahame's areas of research includes issues of accessibility for people with visual impairment as well as the study of graphic design and communication systems in countries with low literacy rates.

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).