Literacy of a country is the most important piece that drives a nation's growth, it’s social development and economic growth.
The ability to read and write and also having competence knowledge in a specific field is referred to as literacy,
The ability to read and write provides more educational and employment opportunities to the population in driving the economy of a nation, the government ability to invest massively in the nation educational sector has made them stand tall amongst other countries.
Below are some African countries with the highest literacy rate in the continents.
1 . Seychelles
Seychelles tops all African country In terms of education and literacy in Africa,
Seychelles is located in East Africa, its tge first country in Africa with a high level of literacy based on both sexes. It follows strictly the guidelines of the UNESCO.
This guidelines involve to provide quality education to both gender and to preach equality and improve adult education in the higher institution of learning.
2 . Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea Is found in Central Africa, the country has made a tremendous progress toward education, thereby achieving a preschool enrollment of over 79% in 2020.
The commitment to improved education in Equatorial Guinea is expected to be on the increase in future literacy rates.
3 . South Africa
The south Africa literacy rate has experienced a great increase( 95%) in adult and somewhat remain same for younger ones.
South Africans are well educated and this has resulted in them creating somany ventures around the world that has employed millions.
4 . Libya
The country works to eliminate illiteracy through several prevention methods, like making school mandatory for youth, Libya has 91% literacy rate.
Libya opened adult literacy centres in most part of the country to make learning for adults easy.
5 . Namibia
Namibia is located in central africa, the Namibia government has increased its educational budget and as of 2019, allocates 30% of the federal budget to boast public education. Namibia haveUAVs about 91% literacy rate.
Many critics have also linked this to the high level of corruption,greed and bad governance within African governments.
Reforms of a Nation starts with education, Africa needs to Invest in education.
What's your view?
Great. Yes right Both reading and writing skills are important for the development of nation.