Illiteracy is the inability to read or write and the rate of illiteracy is growing at an alarming and that fact hasn't changed much.
Education and literacy is an important part of building an economically and socially stable global environment. Event in the recent past further emphasize the absolute importance of universal basic education of good quality as an essential, if not sufficient, condition for a healthier, more democratic and more tolerant world. Illiteracy is the inability to read or write and the rate of illiteracy is growing at an alarming and that fact hasn't changed much in the year 2003. World education has become the business of everyone including governments, agencies and organizations, civil society, and donors. However the prime argument is that illiteracy is the root cause of many problems including poverty, ignorance and disorder.