Illiteracy in turn reinforces poverty. It forms part of the complex of deprivation and discrimination called the “culture of poverty.” This is important because illiteracy is taken as being lack of education or more specifically the lack of three R’s – reading, writing and arithmetic. The illiteracy is related with high levels of poverty. It accompany low share of assets and high illiteracy rates. As poverty declines, asset shares increase and illiteracy rates declines. But a host of other factors like value system, earning, spending and borrowing patterns, inter-personal, inter-household, inter-caste and socio-economic relationships also play their determining roles. [Read More]

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Source: Weekly Blitz :: Writings