The Huffington Post – Brij Kothari
“September 8 is International Literacy Day…Delivering literacy, globally, is still mostly the responsibility of governments. Imagine where we would be if connectivity, the internet, search, social media were all left to governments. Literacy is at core of each of these capabilities, yet it is not at the center of big global innovation…The longstanding global challenge of genuine literacy will not be solved by governments, nor companies led by superpeople, nor social innovators, alone. But if they come together around ideas known to work, and innovate further, genuine global literacy is achievable…Basic literacy is a pre-condition for digital literacy and if we solve the former, the latter generally follows through self-drive or is easy enough to achieve through targeted interventions.”(more)