At record speed, digital technologies are fundamentally
changing the way people live, work, learn and socialize everywhere. They are
giving new possibilities to people to improve all areas of their lives
including access to information; knowledge management; networking; social
services; industrial production, and mode of work. However, those who lack
access to digital technologies and the knowledge, skills and competencies
required to navigate them, can end up marginalized in increasingly digitally
driven societies. Literacy is one such essential skill.
Just
as knowledge, skills and competencies evolve in the digital world, so does what
it means to be literate. In order to close the literacy skills gap and reduce
inequalities, Literacy Day will highlight the challenges and opportunities in
promoting literacy in the digital world, a world where, despite progress.
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