The literacy rate (in South Sudan) is 16 percent (for women) now; imagine what it was like back then. She is my hero. Q: How’d you meet her?

Marriage usually means the end of a girl’s education, one reason why South Sudan has an adult female literacy rate of just 16%. “The greatest challenge we’re facing today in South Sudan is ...

South Sudan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, as only about a quarter of its people can read and write. Decades of civil war meant few people had the chance to go to school.

South Sudan launches literacy drive in rural areas According to official statistics, South Sudan's illiteracy rate stands at 75 percent. 19.09.2014 - Update : 19.09.2014 ...

In this article, we will look at the 20 countries with the highest literacy rate in the world. ... South Sudan, and Mali all have a literacy rate of 40% in adult males over the age of 15.

South Sudan has one of the lowest literacy rates in the world, with only about a quarter of its people able to read and write. Because of decades of civil war, few people in the region had the ...

Unfortunately, South Sudan has one of the worst literacy rates in the world. Approximately 70 percent of adults cannot read or write, roughly 84 percent of girls over the age of 15 are illiterate, and ...

During her keynote address, Honorable Awut Deng Achuil, Minister of General Education and Instruction, stated that, South Sudan is the least country in Sub-Saharan Africa, with the lowest literacy ...

Its expected benefits range from contributing to scaling up literacy in the SSNPS to building a model of partnership which could be replicated in future programs aimed at building a literate police ...

Wendi Dwyer should have been packing for a trip to Africa. She had been scheduled to leave the next day. But a recent outbreak of violence in South Sudan — the nation is teetering on civil war ...