What is a literacy rate?
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The percentage of a group of people that can read and write.
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Well, I used this program when I was little. It is called the 'Writing Road to Reading'. It teaches phonograms and the spelling rules. Plus I think there are just about 300 words that you just copy.\n\nAs well, lots of good literature will help the student recognize correct spellings.
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Poverty is more widespread in rural areas. Areas like Hai al-Maadi in Cairo, where 96.2 percent of adults are literate and average annual incomes are US$ 19,275, contrast sharply with parts of Upper Egypt, where fewer than one in three adults are literate and average earnings can be as low as US$ 2692 a year. Currently, 67% of Egypt's poor live in Upper Egypt, and this percentage is increasing.
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Far too many people with very poor literacy skills have access to a computer. Literacy should be like hygiene; practice it every day.
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u bet. the question is, how much does an educated populace cost in terms of $$$.
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Psh. You're a math test.\n\nBut uh... a 2%.  Thank god I did the extra cedit!
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25 words per minute is the average typing speed
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Around 33%\n\nLink below for more information
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Literacy is not a true economic issue, yet it does lead to them as a more educated person produces more goods and services through innovative thinking.  \n\nThe main economical issue in most 3rd world countries is child mortality, paved roads (as this can increase efficiency of commerce), health care/issues (life expectancy is lower in Pakistan than the world average).
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Technological literacy is knowledge about what technology is, how it works, what purposes it can serve, and how it can be used efficiently and effectively to achieve specific goals.\n\nhttp://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/techlit.htm
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Have you see some of the spelling (I mean mis-spelling) of words and the the improper sentence structure here on *Answers?  Do you think this is helping us develop our literacy skills?  \n\nThe only way that I can think of how technology is improving our literacy skills, is we can do instant access to a wide range of reference sources on the Internet.  \n\nOne excellant site is:  www.refdesk.com  \n\nIt makes it easier to look up words, people, subjects, etc. than having to go get the dictionary and try to find the word.  So, being easier than the old way, I would say people are more likely now to look up words, so that would probably increase literacy.
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Do a search for literacy rates and/or national literacy rates. I've had to find the same info once and I got everything I needed and more. If you look a little bit, You can find comparisons of literacy rates to economic levels per nation.
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Please see the list in the sources section, but there are several countries that share the #1 spot at 99.9% literacy, but I'm not sure how you want the information presented, so I'll just give you the link and you can sort the data how you see fit :)
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In Canada \n22% of adult Canadians have serious problems dealing with printed materials.\n\nHowever, this is the info from another site, http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/literacy:\nThe United Nations, which defines illiteracy as the inability to read and write a simple message in any language, has conducted a number of surveys on world illiteracy. \nA study by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) published in 1998 predicted that the world illiteracy rate would increase in the 21st cent. because only a quarter of the world's children were in school by the end of the 20th cent. \n\nThe highest illiteracy rates were found in the less developed nations of Africa, Asia, and South America; the lowest in Australia, Japan, North Korea, and the more technologically advanced nations of Europe and North America.\n\n Using the UN definition of illiteracy, the United States and Canada have an overall illiteracy rate of about 1%. In certain disadvantaged areas, however, such as the rural South in the United States, the illiteracy rate is much higher.\n\n\nCan't find a date for this, though. \n\nThe definition could be changed. I remember at one point in the criteria for a literate person was someone who had passed Grade 8. I know certain populations have high illiteracy problems as well.
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I would say a 3.5..........unless you are talking about Mathematics General knowledge, English, Art, Literature, History, Geography, Chemistry or anything with an 'ology' on the the end.. then it would have to be -5!!
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it's been stated that the average person holds daily conversations on an 8th grade level. imagine what their level of spelling is.
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Ensure they are educated and teach them to read....lots.