Illiteracy problem
AP Peking More than 45 per cent of China’s female population cannot read a newspaper or write a simple note, according to newly-published statistics. In Tibet, more than 85 per cent of women and girls over the age of 12 are illiterate or semi-literate, according to the figures.
A detailed 10 per cent sample survey taken from China’s 1982 census shows a national illiteracy or semiliteracy rate of 31.90 per cent — 45.27 per cent female and 19.17 per cent male. The rates of illiteracy are higher in rural areas. Eighty per cent of China’s 1 billion people are peasants.
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Press, 3 February 1984, Page 8
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