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India's Reading Adventure Grows! 📚

India's reading and writing skills grew from just a few people in 1951 to most kids today 📈

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Key Points

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Literacy rate rose from 18% in 1951 to over 81% in 2025.

More boys than girls can read, but the gap is shrinking.

Urban areas have higher literacy than rural areas.

Over 24.7 million children are in school.

Programs like Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society help adults learn.

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Kids learn to count, use computers, and understand money as they grow 🖥️

Special programs help adults learn too, like the Understanding of Lifelong Learning for All in Society 📖

The country wants every child to read and write well by second grade 🎯

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7 words

literacy

the ability to read and write

numeracy

the ability to work with numbers

digital

using computers or electronic devices

financial

related to money and how it is used

initiative

a plan or program to do something new

empowerment

giving people the power to do things for themselves

sustainable

able to keep going for a long time without hurting the environment

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