Learning to read and write is the “greatest gift of all”: President
8 ސެޕްޓެމްބަރު 2019 | އާދީއްތަ 16:14International Literacy Day is marked on 8 September annually
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih takes podium at an event
Learning to read and write is the “greatest gift of all”, says President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
The President made these remarks in a tweet posted in commemoration of World Literacy Day on Sunday.
In his tweet, the President wrote that reading and writing opens the door to a “world of opportunities”.
Further, he stated that Maldivians have always been avid readers, with a literacy rate of 98.61 percent nationwide.
Solih went on to urge the nation to acknowledge love for the written word.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared 8 September as the World Literacy Day in 1967. The day was declared to push the importance of literacy and implant its values in communities worldwide.
