Terrible Consequences of Illiteracy
Cause and effect essay
Kurmanalieva Cholpon
Terrible consequences of illiteracy
Illiteracy, that is inability to read or write, is one of the main problems in the world that proceeds increasing with high speed. According to UNESCO Institute for Statistics about 800 million people (1 out of 6 people in the world) are illiterate, and more than 65% of that number are women. Moreover, some illiterate people often take illiteracy as a normal thing and don’t want to change their style of life. Although others want to be educated, they have no opportunity to study and have to submit or endure. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the terrible effects of illiteracy which are reflected on country’s development, children’s upbringing, women’s dependence on their husbands, and people’s health. The effects of illiteracy negatively impact on country’s ability to develop its human resources. Countries with a high illiteracy rate are more likely to be disadvantaged in the global economy. If population isn’t literate in a country, it can’t be involved in high tech and well-paid jobs. So, the illiterate people don’t go forward; as a result, the country doesn’t progress. For example, such countries as: America, Canada, Australia, or all European countries, which have illiteracy rate of less than 10%, are developed countries. While undeveloped countries such as: Pakistan, Afghanistan, most countries of Africa, have illiteracy rate of 50% and more. That’s why the more illiterate people there are in a country, the harder it will be for a country to develop. Illiterate parents influence on their children in a bad way. The children of illiterate people are more likely to be illiterate than those children whose parents aren’t. Even if the parents don’t want their children to be illiterate, their children, observing the parents, see that they somehow manage to live and adopt the idea that illiteracy isn’t actually a bad thing. And developing
Kurmanalieva Cholpon
Terrible consequences of illiteracy
Illiteracy, that is inability to read or write, is one of the main problems in the world that proceeds increasing with high speed. According to UNESCO Institute for Statistics about 800 million people (1 out of 6 people in the world) are illiterate, and more than 65% of that number are women. Moreover, some illiterate people often take illiteracy as a normal thing and don’t want to change their style of life. Although others want to be educated, they have no opportunity to study and have to submit or endure. The purpose of this essay is to discuss the terrible effects of illiteracy which are reflected on country’s development, children’s upbringing, women’s dependence on their husbands, and people’s health. The effects of illiteracy negatively impact on country’s ability to develop its human resources. Countries with a high illiteracy rate are more likely to be disadvantaged in the global economy. If population isn’t literate in a country, it can’t be involved in high tech and well-paid jobs. So, the illiterate people don’t go forward; as a result, the country doesn’t progress. For example, such countries as: America, Canada, Australia, or all European countries, which have illiteracy rate of less than 10%, are developed countries. While undeveloped countries such as: Pakistan, Afghanistan, most countries of Africa, have illiteracy rate of 50% and more. That’s why the more illiterate people there are in a country, the harder it will be for a country to develop. Illiterate parents influence on their children in a bad way. The children of illiterate people are more likely to be illiterate than those children whose parents aren’t. Even if the parents don’t want their children to be illiterate, their children, observing the parents, see that they somehow manage to live and adopt the idea that illiteracy isn’t actually a bad thing. And developing