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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?

#illiteracy #concern #countries #world #effects #people #society
Nowadays, many
people
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 world still
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 read and write.
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 becomes their
government
’s headache. There seem to be three main causes and one main
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, which we will discuss here Possibly the main cause is poor economic development which
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long-term impact
for
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some
nation’s
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nations’
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 literacy
rate
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rates
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, especially in
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developing countries. They do not have enough money to spend it.
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, even though it’s
well-known
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 fact that
government
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 their citizens
for
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 primary education;
however
, their tight budget cannot work efficiently. Another cause is numerous
high ranked
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 employees who work
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government
 got involved a corruption. They could be utilizing their
government
 money
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 their own good.
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, it may result
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decrease
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 or stop
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 school building projects
as well as
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 teacher hiring process. It may not
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 that without having enough education
sector’s
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 employees those countries could not beat a high
rate
 of illiteracy.
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 cause is probably
constant
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 increase
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human population. It is causing many problems. One of them is
growth
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 of
illiteracy
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the illiteracy
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rate
. For instance,
world
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 population has
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increased rapidly, and it recently hit
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 billion
marks
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. At the same time,
however
, the literate
rate
 could not catch
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this
 significant growth.
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 problem could
be
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seriously
effect
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on
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people
 who live in those developing countries.
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 effect of being
non educated
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 is
lack
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 of income. One possible case,
if
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 the
people
 could not properly read and write, it might be difficult
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 them to find a job.
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 case,
although
 they have a job, it is tough to get promoted
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better job position.
Therefore
, at least if they can read, they would get hired. Without adequate
income
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income,
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people
 could not live a quality life and may still live poor.
Overall
, poor economy,
government
 corruption, and human population seem to be the main causes.
As a result
,
poverty
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 level
still
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 high
in
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globally.
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Include an introduction and conclusion

A conclusion is essential for IELTS writing task 2. It is more important than most people realise. You will be penalised for missing a conclusion in your IELTS essay.

The easiest paragraph to write in an essay is the conclusion paragraph. This is because the paragraph mostly contains information that has already been presented in the essay – it is just the repetition of some information written in the introduction paragraph and supporting paragraphs.

The conclusion paragraph only has 3 sentences:

  • Summary
  • Restatement of thesis
  • Prediction or recommendation

Example:

To summarize, a robotic teacher does not have the necessary disciple to properly give instructions to students and actually works to retard the ability of a student to comprehend new lessons. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of running a classroom completely by a machine cannot be supported. After thorough analysis on this subject, it is predicted that the adverse effects of the debate over technology-driven teaching will always be greater than the positive effects, and because of this, classroom teachers will never be substituted for technology.

Start your conclusion with a linking phrase. Here are some examples:

  • In conclusion
  • To conclude
  • To summarize
  • Finally
  • In a nutshell
  • In general

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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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