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Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 12 literacy as a prerequisite to education is an instrument of empowerment. the more literate the population the greater the consciousness of career options as well as participation in the knowledge economy. further literacy can lead to health awareness and fuller participation in the cultural and economic well being of the community. literacy levels have improved considerably after independence and almost two-thirds of our population is now literate. but improvements in the literacy rate have to struggle to keep up with the rate of growth of the indian population which is still quite high. enormous effort is needed to ensure the literacy of the new generations – which are only just beginning to be smaller in numbers than in the past remember the discussion on age structure and the population pyramids earlier in this chapter banking services chronicle monthly magazine.