International Literacy Day 2025 Wishes: On September 8th, people from all around the globe are celebrating the global event of International Literacy Day, and the aim of celebrating this day is to spread awareness about the importance of literacy. UNESCO declared September 8 as International Literacy Day at the 14th session of the UNESCO General Conference in 1996. The theme for celebrations of this occasion is "Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies. As this special occasion is here, we have compiled a list of wishes, messages, and quotes that you can share with your near and dear ones.
International Literacy Day History:
International Literacy Day was founded by proclamation of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, in 1966 “to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights. The idea of an International Literacy Day was born at the World Conference of Ministers of Education on the eradication of illiteracy held in Tehran in 1965? This day was also adopted as the part of UN's sustainable development goals program in 2015. Despite progress made, literacy challenges persist with at least 773 million adults worldwide lacking basic literacy skills today.
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” –Mark Twain
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“International Literacy Day will always remind us of our dream to have a literate population, to have an educated population.”
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” –Frederick Douglass
“My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.” –Abigail Adams
“Having common sense without education is much better than having education without common sense…. Warm wishes on International Literacy Day.”
“The function of education is to teach one to think critically. Intelligence plus character- that is the goal of true education.” –Martin Luther King Jr.
“I feel free and strong. If I were not a reader of books I could not feel this way. Whatever may happen to me, thank God that I can read, that I have truly touched the minds of other men.” –Walter Tevis, Mockingbird
“Though we have a very large educated population with the ability to read but very small population to discriminate what to read and what to not…. Happy International Literacy Day.”
“Education is that door which opens up the whole new world to you, to explore, to revive, to invent…. Wishing you a very Happy International Literacy Day.”
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