Despite improved access to education, many adults still lack literacy skills. In what ways are they disadvantaged? What can governments do to help them?

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era
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education
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is easily accessible to almost every individual
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society.
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number of educational institutions are providing extravagant facilities to students in almost every part of the world. The sole purpose of their services is to provide
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, regardless of
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there are many individuals whose literacy skills are still very low.
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problem seems to be very common in many adults.
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, it not only lowers the literacy rate of
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society but there are
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several disadvantages. First and foremost, no
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means not taking any major steps in development for the better future of society.
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polishes the human brain and
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them
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ability to differentiate between good and bad aspects of life. Kids are considered
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future of any country.
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, someone with zero knowledge will not be able to raise and guide their kids properly. Grooming of the one kid raised by an educated adult will definitely going to be
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better than the one raised by an uneducated one. Most importantly,
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impact
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generations.
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, knowledge and
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give
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enough confidence to question anything bad happening around them.
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, a person with low knowledge lacks the ability to raise a voice for their own right.
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results in corrupt politicians taking benefit of
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whole situation and not fulfilling the needs and rights of individuals. In my opinion,
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can
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for the
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in order to attract them towards getting
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education
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an education
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, they can arrange
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of physical workshops to promote
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those areas where number of literacy rate is too low.
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, they can distribute free books and hire volunteers who can travel to those regions and motivate
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towards
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to that, there are many private institutions
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are giving free
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to
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. They are not only giving free
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but
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motivating adults so they can at least send their kids to study.
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Ensure that the essay directly addresses the prompt, with a clear opinion or conclusion that reflects on how adults are disadvantaged by a lack of literacy and what governments can do to help.
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