Literacy
The definition of a literate person is as follows:-- "A person who can both
read and write with understanding in any language is to be taken as literate.
A person who can merely read but cannot write is not literate. It is not necessary
that a person who is literate should have received any formal education or should
have passed any minimum educational standard."
The test that was applied for reading was the ability to read any portion
of the printed matter in the enumerator's instruction booklet (provided the
person was familiar with the language used in the booklet) and the test for
writing was the ability to write a simple letter. A child of age of 4 years
or less was treated as illiterate even if the child was going to a school and
might have picked up reading and writing a few odd words.
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1, 2000 |
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