The minute Stacy Ratner ’94 learned that 53 percent of Chicago’s adult population reads at or below a fourth-grade level, she knew she had to do something about it. “I couldn’t believe it, especially ...

India News: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi blamed the growth of Muslim population in the state on high birth rate among the community, dismissing suggestions th ...

Child marriage continues to be a challenge in societies with illiteracy, poverty, and gender discrimination. Learn about the efforts to combat child marriage in Assam and the need for awareness ...

That’s the focus of tonight’s edition of “Dateline NBC,” titled “Tom Brokaw Reports: A Loss for Words,” airing at 8. Brokaw and his team of producers followed four New York students ...

Illiteracy, poverty are root causes of child marriage Child marriage isn’t particular to Assam but is common among the most deprived and marginalised communities in India.

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday dismissed the suggestion that illegal migration from Bangladesh has led to high growth of Muslim population in the state but blamed illiteracy for the ...

Stephen Prothero, the chair of the religion department at Boston University, has written an interesting, if somewhat dense, book on the astonishing state of religious illiteracy in this country ...

The journey was tough, made tougher by his pledge to read 100 books in 2023. He succeeded in that endeavor while also building a huge following on TikTok through the reading community called BookTok.

Positively LEX 18: Kentucky man fighting illiteracy book by book Jonathan Beatty is helping to solve illiteracy book by book.

When pointed to the gradual change in Assam’s demography, Gogoi said “yes, demography of Assam is changing. But is it changing because of influx or population explosion due to illiteracy?

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that two-child policy is the only way to eradicate poverty and illiteracy in the Muslim community in the state and there is no resistance from the ...

In a bid to foster a culture of reading, particularly among the youth, the Assam Cabinet has approved the celebration of 2025 as the 'Year of Reading'.