So what can we do to improve literacy in a country where you have literacy volunteers that will teach you how to read and write for free? How do we fix this problem?
And later, after this midday Meal scheme for the adults at the time who weren't that educated or that literate, they were introduced to a scheme called Anawarukum Kalvititam which can be translated as education to all or literacy to all. So this scheme was introduced in all the areas urban, semi urban, suburban and even rural areas where teaching volunteers will be going to neighborhoods, communities and they'll be teaching people from the alphabet of the vernacular language, Tamil
Luce Fonrose
@ilovelucee · 4:59
Hey, SIS. So while I am not surprised that the number is high, I am surprised at how high the number is because 54% between the ages of 16 and 74 is astronomical. That is crazy. But as I said, I'm not surprised that it's a high number because people really are illiterate. They really are. And social media is what really made me see, like, wow, you all lack a lot. You all lack basic comprehension
Arthur Benitez
@Arthur_Dante · 4:59
So it is very important for people in Latin America or people in Europe, for example, in France or Germany, we all are trying to learn English and it is basic for our culture. As a skill, you continuously have English language lessons from the very start of the schools. So for those countries, being bilingual is not rare. It is very common and it is by far one of the most requested skills in order to enter the workforce, especially in a skilled workforce
Arthur Benitez
@Arthur_Dante · 4:59
And also at the same time, if you manage to enter the college, you won't have much time to study because you will be much more focused on being good at the sport that you are playing. And well, I understand that it is also important for sports because they are a huge entertainment industry, but I think we should be careful. I know that for those scholarships there are also a lot of requirements involved and I think that's the correct way to do it
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 2:14
But there are going to be very few jobs. And as technology emerges, those number of jobs is starting to shrink even more, the number of jobs that don't require you to be literate. And so you can either run dishes through a dish machine for the rest of your life, or you can take the initiative to go and become literate, even as an adult. You can learn how to read and write and then get your diploma and then go to college
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 4:47
There's really no reason for it back in the can definitely see that we didn't have those individualized plans like they do today, but now they have these individualized plans where you have paraprofessionals involved along with the teachers working. With the school to help the child address whatever learn disabilities that they may have privately without having to go to a learning disabled class. And they can still sit in a regular classroom with other students and learn with everyone else
Tanya Coles
@MsColes77 · 4:34
Hey, Arthur, thank you so much for your response. I don't know if nowadays they allow athletes to kind of pass through school just so that they can graduate and go to college on a scholarship. I don't know if they do that nowadays as much as they used to