According to  the Tunis-based Arab League Educational Cultural and Scientific Organization, known by its acronym ALECSO, three-quarters of the 100 million people unable to read or write in the 21 Arab countries are aged between 15 and 45 years old and Equally alarming, some 46.5 percent of women in the region are illiterate.  Furthermore, nearly one in three people in the Arab world is illiterate.

 Source … Yahoo News .. Quote ..

“ALECSO has previously sounded the alarm on illiteracy in the region, noting it had failed to meet a 1990 United Nations goal to halve adult illiteracy over the subsequent decade.In July, Arab states adopted an action plan spearheaded by the group to promote education, notably through collaboration with key international organizations.

While illiteracy affects the entire Arab world, the more highly populated countries — such as Egypt, Sudan, Algeria and Morocco — are particularly vulnerable.” .. Unquote …

Education in Libya has changed a great deal in the second half of last century.  However, right now there is a lot to be said about its status, and while it has its own special problems, I find Khadijateri’s  post  of December 22, 2006 very significant in pointing out the cause and the effect of its present dilemma.

 

 * With thanks to KT for the use of the picture