International Development written question – answered at on 10 May 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what work his Department is supporting to improve literacy in Ghana.
DFID is preparing a new programme of £50 million over five years in support of the Government of Ghana's Education Strategic Plan (ESP). Increasing literacy is a key basic education target of the ESP. This programme follows DFID's five year £50 million Education Sector Support Programme, which similarly aimed to improve literacy levels.
DFID also provided £200,000 between 2000 and 2003 towards the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation Literacy Programme, which worked on adult literacy among 34 minority language groups.
A recent survey has shown an improvement in literacy from 48 per cent. of Ghanaians aged 15 or above in 1997–8 to 53 per cent. in 2003.
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