Lolz...an illitrate person iz difined in Nigeria as sm1 who cant speak or write good english

malele:

Guy free me, i have posted up to 15 different topics none made front page till now

since I registered in 2008,, my thread only made the front page 2 weeks ago

If 65 million nigerians are illiterate, then how many are half or semi illiterate? Because there are lots of bachelor's degree holders can can not write a complete sentence in English. There are also Master's and doctorate degree holders that cannot speak or write properly.

In what category would Patience fall under？

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Afrocatalyst: I personally will nt believe her statistics. A lot of Nigerians misunderstand the word 'education', thus anyone who does nt fit into their definition of 'education' is an illiterate. For God's sake there are two types of education,formal and informal and anyone who has any of them is never an illiterate. What is the doctor who drives to work without a vulcanizer to pump his tyres wen flat? No form of education is useless,infact,for a nation such as our dear Naija,formal education has proven to be a neccessary evil we must live wit. If nt,how do u explain a graduate studying a course he's nt passionate about just because he needs the papers? No wonder most end up stealing frm the companies they work for. There's a thread on our dear nairaland dat speaks more on this. I dnt have the link bt u can google 'how the lives of Nigerian youths are being wasted through education by patrickkkk nairaland'.

I think madam Ezekwesili should knw wen to speak facts and wen to do politics. Imho.

YOU SEE NOW IF DEM TALK SAY YOU BE ILLITERATE NOW YOU GO DE VEX.EVEN D EDUCATION WEN YOU DE WRITE EPISTLE ABOUT SEF E BE LIKE SAY E PASS YOU BY.HUMBLY CHECK D MEANING OF ILLITERATE AND EDUCATED AND READ THE POST AGAIN AND SEE WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT.AND IF YOU CAN'T SPOT THE DIFFERENCE THEN I REST MY CASE

eGuerrilla:

An illiterate is an illiterate is an illiterate, get it?
Whether you are educated in the formal sector or the informal sector - as you put it - if you cannot read and write in a language, then you are not literate in it.

My educated comrade, please be advised that it is indeed possible for someone to speak a language with fluency and yet be considered a functional illiterate all the same.

we have tonnes of americans that can speak fluent english but cannot write nor read, does that make them litrate. Bloody woman

damn! thts twice the population of Ghana

NA OVER SABI DEY WORRY HER

9jadelta: we have tonnes of americans that can speak fluent english but cannot write nor read, does that make them litrate. Bloody woman

Why draw on arguments she did not advance simply to convey idiocy?

14 Percent of U.S. Adults Can't Read

About 14 percent of U.S. adults won't be reading this article. Well, okay, most people won't read it, given all the words that are published these days to help us understand and navigate the increasingly complex world.

But about 1 in 7 can't read it. They're illiterate.

Statistics released by the U.S. Education Department this week show that some 32 million U.S. adults lack basic prose literacy skill. That means they can't read a newspaper or the instruction on a bottle of pills.

Source

10 million of that population lives in US and 1m in Venezuela

some how i agree with her
even some graduates can't read and write.
during my NYSC, we were asked to write about our experience. and one guy walked up to me and asked me to spell satisfactory for him.
i was like *WDF*

I no follow

Only? I bet there are more ..

chris365: some how i agree with her
even some graduates can't read and write.
during my NYSC, we were asked to write about our experience. and one guy walked up to me and asked me to spell satisfactory for him.
i was like *WDF*

You should have asked him if 'somehow' is written as one word or two, and how to use punctuations too.

not bad

Which statistical tool did she employ? Chi-square or Regression? Be4 i comment

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Yseone: Which statistical tool did she employ? Chi-square or Regression? Be4 i comment

haahaaahaaaa.....nah, its venn diagram and RCBDesign two-way ANOVA she use....lolllllz

Maxymilliano: Always easy to pull out figures but ma'am, what are you doing or what have you done and what are you going to do to improve the situation please?

This woman served under Obj for 8yrs even as a minister of education, no single federal university was built but within 2yrs Gej built 11 federal universities! What a difference... She and Obj should be ashamed n also should be held responsible

eh eehhn.... i talk am...una don forget oga at d top?

Sunnycliff: The Statistics should be better broken down to the regions in Nigeria; and it would be thus, North 40 million illiterates, Southwest 5 million, South east 6 Million and the rest is South South! Its the North hat is bringing low Nigeria socio-economic and development indices! This is done without bias

sunnycliff why not say the north has 55,999,900 illitrates in the north, 15 in SW, 35 in SE and the rest SS without bias, u know sunnyclif "I RATHER KILL MY SELF THAN COMMIT SUICIDE" Mrs patience jothanthan sadly she is not from the north ur favourite blame dumping bag

Oby, how did you arrive at this figure? How many people have you offered scholarship to primary education level in your village? Or do you just enjoy making mockery of the present government because you are not part of it? You are beginning to lose the respect i have for you.

Dawdy: Are the literate employed?

Thats another serious issue.

Not surprised.

A good majority pass through this forum on a daily basis

It are truth,I yam one of them

Well that isn't a big news, that counts about 35% of the country.

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Cyber_mugu: Some pipo just dey talk without even reasoning.. If everybody go school.
=> Who wan sell tomatoes 4 market?
=> who wan cum patch our bucket wey don tear?
=> who wan cum be sales girl?
=> who wan cum pack our dirty? Maybe na fashola and dat woman

well said mugu! Anyway you're one of 56million.can't really blame you.
But I've to inform your illiterate self that in countries with higher rate of education,tomato seller still abound.sales people are in abundance.waste removers are plenty.and all these are done without the attendant mess and unsightliness that is chracteristic of our markets and society.and yes they make good living from there.
Hope I've educated you a bit

Ulueme Frank: EZEKWE-SILLY

Gbam na real SILLY

eGuerrilla:
Not true.

Lol. Fine, if not English or pidgin, then their tribal language, or whatever language they use to send sms. They're fluent in that one.

Freiburger: 56 million? That's enough to make a great Nation.

2 nations actually.madagascar(23million) and any other small nation!