ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What can cause a country to have a low literacy rate?
A
Uneducated citizens
B
Lack of educational opportunity
C
Lack of resources (poverty)
D
all of these
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Economic disparities, gender discrimination, caste discrimination, and technological barriers lead to illiteracy in India. India has the largest population of illiterate adults, which further contribute to this vicious cycle of illiteracy in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Illiteracy in India is because of a complex web of social and economic divide in the country. Economic disparities, gender discrimination, caste discrimination, and technological barriers lead to illiteracy in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -People with low literacy skills may not be able to read a book or newspaper, understand road signs or price labels, make sense of a bus or train timetable, fill out a form, read instructions on medicines or use the internet.

Detailed explanation-4: -However, the reason behind the low literacy rate in rural India is many. The problems faced by rural India in achieving the education are less number of schools and resources, less availability of teachers, religious and societal norms, the large distance between the school and home, lack of awareness of education.

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