International Literacy Day : History, Themes and Schemes to Increase Literacy in India

International Literacy Day (अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय साक्षरता दिवस - उद्देश्य व्यक्तिगत, सामुदायिक और सामाजिक रूप से साक्षरता के महत्व पर प्रकाश डालना)

International Literacy Day is Observed by All United Nations' Member States on 8th September was declared International Literacy Day by UNESCO on 26 October 1966 at 14th session of UNESCO's General conference. It was celebrated for the first time in 1967.

To celebrate 52nd International Literacy Day was organised at New Delhi today.
According to Census of India report 2011, India's literacy rate is 74.04 per cent. The literacy among men is 82.14 per cent, while for women it's 65.46 per cent.

Schemes launched by Government of India to Increase Literacy (Saakshar Bharat)

Samagra Siksha - Recently launched ‘Samagra Siksha’ which is an integrated scheme for school education extending support to States from pre-school to senior secondary levels for the first time. Under this scheme about one million schools will get library grant of Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 20,000 to strengthen the libraries, “Padhega Bharat Badhega Bharat”.

Every school will get sports equipment under the Samagra Shiksha, at the cost of Rs. 5000 for Primary, Rs. 10,000 for Upper Primary & up to Rs. 25,000 for SSC & HSC schools to inculcate & emphasize relevance of sports to realise the dream of “Khelega India Khilega India”.

Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalaya (KGBV) to be expanded from Class 6-8 to Class 6-12 to fulfil Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s commitment to Beti Bachao Beti Padhao.

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is Government of India's programme for achievement of Universalization of Elementary Education (UEE), as mandated by 86th amendment to the Constitution of India making free and compulsory Education to the Children of 6-14 years age group, a Fundamental Right.
SSA is being implemented in partnership with State Governments to cover the entire country.

National Literacy Mission - The goals of the National Literacy Mission is to attain full literacy, i.e., a sustainable threshold level of 75 percent by 2007.The mission seeks to achieve this goal by imparting functional literacy to non-literates in the 15-35 age group.

According to UNESCO’s "Global Monitoring Report on Education for All (2006)", South Asia has the lowest regional adult literacy rate (58.6%), followed by sub-Saharan Africa (59.7%). Countries with the lowest literacy rates in the world are Burkina Faso (12.8%), Niger (14.4%) and Mali (19%).

International Literacy Day Themes

Some of the year wise themes of the International Literacy Day are as follows:

The theme for 2007 and 2008 was “Literacy and Health”. It focused on literacy and epidemics (communicable diseases like HIV, Tuberculosis, Malaria, etc.)

2009-2010: “Literacy and Empowerment”. It focused on gender equality and empowering women.

2011-2012: “Literacy and Peace”. It focused on the importance of literacy for peace.

2013: “Literacies for the 21st Century” to promote global literacy.

2014: “Literacy and Sustainable Development”. It focused on sustainable development in the areas of social development, economic growth, and environmental integration.

2015: “Literacy and Sustainable Societies”

2016: “Reading the Past, Writing the Future”

2017 : `Literacy in a digital world’

2018 : 'Literacy and Skills Development'

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World Environment Day (WED) | Theme year-wise | Host City

World Environment Day (WED)

World Environment Day (WED) occurs on the 5th of June every year, and is the United Nation's principal vehicle for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. First held in 1974, it has been a flagship campaign for raising awareness on emerging environmental issues.  WED has grown to become a global platform for public outreach, with participation from over 143 countries annually. Each year, WED has a new theme that major corporations, NGOs, communities, governments and celebrities worldwide adopt to advocate environmental causes.

Important World Environment day facts
Official name	UN World Environment Day
Also called	Eco Day, Environment Day, WED
Type	International
Significance	Environmental issues awareness
Observances	Environment Protection
Date	5 June
First time	5 June 1974; 43 years ago

History

World Environment Day [WED] was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 on the first day of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, resulting from discussions on the integration of human interactions and the environment. Two years later, in 1974 the first WED was held with the theme "Only One Earth". Even though WED celebration have been held annually since 1974, in 1987 the idea for rotating the center of these activities through selecting different host countries began.

List of Annual themes year-wise and Host City

World Environment Day celebrations have been (and will be) hosted in the following cities:

Year	Theme	Host city
1974	Only one Earth during Expo '74	Spokane, United States
1975	Human Settlements	Dhaka, Bangladesh
1976	Water: Vital Resource for Life	Ontario, Canada
1977	Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation	Sylhet, Bangladesh
1978	Development Without Destruction	Sylhet, Bangladesh
1979	Only One Future for Our Children - Development Without Destruction	Sylhet, Bangladesh
1980	A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction	Sylhet, Bangladesh
1981	Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains	Sylhet, Bangladesh
1982	Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns)	Dhaka, Bangladesh
1983	Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy	Sylhet, Bangladesh
1984	Desertification	Rajshahi, Bangladesh
1985	Youth: Population and the Environment	Islamabad, Pakistan
1986	A Tree for Peace	Ontario, Canada
1987	Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof	Nairobi, Kenya
1988	When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last	Bangkok, Thailand
1989	Global Warming; Global Warning	Brussels, Belgium
1990	Children and the Environment	Mexico City, Mexico
1991	Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership	Stockholm, Sweden
1992	Only One Earth, Care and Share	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1993	Poverty and the Environment - Breaking the Vicious Circle	Beijing, People's Republic of China
1994	One Earth One Family	London, United Kingdom
1995	We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment	Pretoria, South Africa
1996	Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home	Istanbul, Turkey
1997	For Life on Earth	Seoul, Republic of Korea
1998	For Life on Earth - Save Our Seas	Moscow, Russian Federation
1999	Our Earth - Our Future - Just Save It!	Tokyo, Japan
2000	The Environment Millennium - Time to Act	Adelaide, Australia
2001	Connect with the World Wide Web of Life	Torino, Italy and Havana, Cuba
2002	Give Earth a Chance	Shenzhen, People's Republic of China
2003	Water - Two Billion People are Dying for It!	Beirut, Lebanon
2004	Wanted! Seas and Oceans - Dead or Alive?	Barcelona, Spain
2005	Green Cities - Plan for the Planet!	San Francisco, United States
2006	Deserts and Desertification - Don't Desert Drylands!	Algiers, Algeria
2007	Melting Ice - a Hot Topic?	London, England
2008	Kick The Habit - Toward A Low Carbon Economy	Wellington, New Zealand
2009	Your Planet Needs You - Unite to Combat Climate Change	Mexico City, Mexico
2010	Many Species. One Planet. One Future	Rangpur, Bangladesh
2011	Forests: Nature at your Service	New Delhi, India
2012	Green Economy: Does it include you?	Brasilia, Brazil
2013	Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2014	Raise your voice, not the sea level	Bridgetown, Barbados
2015	Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care.	Rome, Italy
2016	Zero Tolerance for the Illegal Wildlife trade	Luanda, Angola
2017	Connecting People to Nature - in the city and on the land, from the poles to the equator	Ottawa, Canada
2018	Beat Plastic Pollution	New Delhi, India

World Environment Day Anthem

An Earth Anthem penned by poet Abhay Kumar is sung to celebrate World Environment Day.

It was launched in June 2013 on the occasion of the World Environment Day by Kapil Sibal and Shashi Tharoor, then Union Ministers of India, at a function organized by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations in New Delhi. It is supported by the global organization Habitat For Humanity.

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