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Shah, S. Y. – 1989
In Bihar, India, the number of illiterate people has increased during the last 5 decades despite the rise in the percentage of literacy. Reasons are lack of encouragement by the upper classes for education of the masses, lack of unity among lower classes to demand education as a matter of right, and a low base of development. The Mass Literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Development
