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International Literacy Day – September 8
September 8 , 2019
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- The issue of literacy is a key component of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- Sustainable Development Goal 4 has as one of its targets ensuring all young people achieve literacy and numeracy and that adults who lack these skills are given the opportunity to acquire them.
- International Literacy Day 2019 is an opportunity to express solidarity with the celebrations of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
- The 25th anniversary of the World Conference on Special Needs Education, at which the Salamanca Statement on Inclusive Education was adopted.
- International Literacy Day 2019 will focus on ‘Literacy and Multilingualism.
- 8 September was declared international literacy day by UNESCO on 26 October 1966 at 14th session of UNESCO's General conference.
- It was celebrated for the first time in 1967.
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