domingo, 13 de octubre de 2019

If not from reading, where are any non-profitable attributes of functional literacy coming from in middle class? | The Indian Express

If not from reading, where are any non-profitable attributes of functional literacy coming from in middle class? | The Indian Express

If not from reading, where are any non-profitable attributes of functional literacy coming from in middle class?

One could call these non-readers functionally illiterate even if it is true that they do not fit that part of UNESCO’s definition of functional illiteracy which refers to the inability to conduct the business of everyday life — balancing bank accounts, paying bills, deciphering medical instructions.

18th Annual Pune Book Fair to begin on Sept 28

One could call these non-readers functionally illiterate even if it is true that they do not fit that part of UNESCO’s definition of functional illiteracy. (Representational)


I do not know if the widely publicised photograph of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan reading a book by William Dalrymple on the plane back from the United Nations General Assembly is real or staged. But it got me thinking of our changing occupations in the air.

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