Abstract

People are empowered and liberated by literacy; the first step towards education is literacy. As a result, literacy can be seen as a component of education. To gauge a nation's education level, literacy is a crucial criterion. A nation’s economic development depends on its literacy rate. Literacy alone cannot make a person wiser, but education can make a person wiser and give them the ability to recognise right from wrong. It can therefore be concluded that learning to read and write is the first step in receiving an education. Education is the only real answer for both of these. At the time of India’s independence from colonial rule in 1947, only 12% of its population was literate. From day one, Independent India put a lot of emphasis on education, and after 75 years of independence, we are nearing an 80% literacy rate.

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