Global Q&A, ‘Is illiteracy an issue in your country?’

Around the world there are signs of illiteracy among the youth while in some countries illiteracy has become a serious problem for many.

Yevgeny Yeremin, 61, Retired Chemical Technologist. Mineralnye Vody, Russia: I think that in our country, on the whole, there is no illiteracy problem. However, if speaking more generally, people are becoming less educated and knowledgeable, especially the youth. Some people don’t even know key historical facts. For example, who were the winners of World War II. Epoch Times

Sept. 9, Global Q&A,

Around the world there are signs of illiteracy among the youth while in some countries illiteracy has become a serious problem for many. This is what Epoch Times reporters from Russia to Spain discovered when they asked locals,

“Is illiteracy an issue in your country?”

 

 

Look for the Global Q&A column every week. Epoch Times correspondents interview people around the world to learn about their lives and perspectives on local and global realities. Next week’s global question, “Do you believe war is necessary to appreciate peace?”