Illiteracy continues to be a concern for many countries in the world today. What are the causes of illiteracy in the modern world, and what effects does it have on the people concerned and on society as a whole

Globally today,
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public are going on all
age
groups, not well-known literacy. There seem to be three main causes, and two effects, which we will discuss here. Possibly the main cause is
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of
poor
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family who requires to work since young generation especially school
age
. Not
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family causes their children to learn new education.
Food
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are bought that children make a living expense by working all in all out. According to
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survey of
National
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University of Mongolia /NUM/ reveals that 20% of over 10 years old
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groups work to earn money to buy
food
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such
as meat, rice, and flour. Admittedly, some people do not learn anything even they have all opportunity to study. To cite as an example of one of my workmates, she has been working manufacturing company for 10 years as
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. Mongolian alphabet was taught by our human resource manager to her
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hour every day for a month.
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she did not memorize at least one alphabet, we felt blue. A
third
factor is being
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to learn something
however
they wish to grasp knowledge. Since some
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public
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to read books, teachers, and parents formulated some pattern books to provide
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. Turning to possible effects, an obvious step would be discrimination among the
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. In
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this
kind of public
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becoming
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friends who embarrass go with outside together.
As a result
of,
such
an unknown literacy all
age
generation
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might be
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from society.
Finally
,
illiterate
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an illiterate
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citizen
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could not get
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job
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. As I mentioned before about my workmate, she was fired from work soon after
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alphabet. If she had learnt to read, she would not fire anymore. By way of conclusion, there are three main causes
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to illiteracy,
besides
social discrimination and getting lack of job
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to be affected.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Literacy
  • Illiteracy
  • Poverty
  • Access
  • Educational resources
  • Social inequality
  • Discrimination
  • Gender disparity
  • Racial bias
  • Cultural norms
  • Technological advances
  • Political instability
  • Disruption
  • Education systems
  • Socioeconomic status
  • Job prospects
  • Health implications
  • Self-esteem
  • Empowerment
  • Economic growth
  • Social cohesion
  • Civic participation
  • Democratic processes
  • Exclusion
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