Literacy and skills development
Ghana on the 8th of September, 2018 joined the international community to commemorate the International Literacy Day. This year’s event celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the World Congress of Ministers’ of Education on the Eradication of illiteracy, which made the Tehran recommendation on the International Literacy Day and advanced the notion of functional literacy. The celebration is an annual event, which is used to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society. The theme for this year’s commemoration is “Literacy and Skills Development”. The call is for literacy to blend with skills development. This involves instiling skills and competencies required for employment, careers, and livelihoods, particularly technical and vocational skills, along with transferable skills and digital skills in the youth. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural O...