The International Literacy Day is celebrated on 8th September every year throughout the world.
The UNESCO in its 14th Session in November, 1966, declared 8th September as the International Literacy Day.
The key aspect of the observance of ILD is to mobilize public opinion in favour of struggle against illiteracy. ILD is a forum to disseminate information on literacy and raise the public awareness and the significance of literacy for individual and national development.