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So I came across this new show called Jeez Millionaire Show on TikTok, and it instantly caught my attention. In one episode, a lady was asked the question: "What is the actual meaning of illiterate?"

In Nigeria, we throw that word around a lot often incorrectly. I used to think my mom was an illiterate, but after watching that clip and reading the proper definition, I realized she actually isn’t.

Funny enough, the lady on the show got the ₦500,000 question wrong and honestly, I probably would’ve too. The options were kind of tricky.

Watch the short video below and let us know what you think!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeNS0T-nLJM&ab_channel=TheJeezMillionaire

Lol.. This is true.. Most people attribute literacy to formal education or English..

Not knowing if you can read and write even in yoruba you are no longer an illiterate

I know the real meaning already.

This kind Small question for 500k?? Sign me up for this game!!!

Illiteratecy simply means being a novice on a particular matter, or something.

Not necessarily being unlettered

psucc:
Illiteratecy simply means being a novice on a particular matter, or something.

Not necessarily being unlettered

Lol you are very wrong.. Dem still explain above trying to correct people like you yet you still dey argue on your ignorance

omofeyi:
So I came across this new show called Jeez Millionaire Show on TikTok, and it instantly caught my attention. In one episode, a lady was asked the question: "What is the actual meaning of illiterate?"

In Nigeria, we throw that word around a lot often incorrectly. I used to think my mom was an illiterate, but after watching that clip and reading the proper definition, I realized she actually isn’t.

Funny enough, the lady on the show got the ₦500,000 question wrong and honestly, I probably would’ve too. The options were kind of tricky.

Watch the short video below and let us know what you think!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeNS0T-nLJM&ab_channel=TheJeezMillionaire

The answer is B, that is not being able to read and write in English or any Language. I believe that a person who can read and write in his lingua franca should be considered literate. I stand to be corrected.

psucc:
Illiteratecy simply means being a novice on a particular matter, or something.

Not necessarily being unlettered

Isn't that ignorance?

Cannot read or write in anything. Simple answer.
That's how alot of abokis are stereotyped because they can't write or speak English, but are well versed in Arabic Ajami. Misconceptions.

B

An illiterate is someone that cannot read and write.

There are two answers there. B is the answer but in the absense of B, C could be the answer

Illiterate na opposite of Literate...

It's all about reading and writing.

Someone that can read and write...Literate..

Someone that cannot read nor write... Illiterate

D

B is the answer.
He who can't read and write is an illiterate.

psucc:
Illiteratecy simply means being a novice on a particular matter, or something.

Not necessarily being unlettered

totally untrue. Is a professor of law who knows nothing about Quantum mechanics an illiterate?
Is medical doctor who knows nothing about global politics an illiterate?

B

tosyne2much:
There are two answers there. The answer could be B and it could also be C

C cannot be the answer...

You don't necessarily need formal education to be able to read and write.

Formal education means going to a structured environment to learn...like Schools.

There are many people that were home schooled...and doesn't learn from any structured curriculum

Z is the answer

Thundafireseun:
La Watch
La bend…

Data too cost ….

I use the word illiterate any how I want….

Nobody will beat me

Well.... Since the rules don't apply with you..

I will just say.. You are talking like an illiterate

Correct answer is B


English language is not the only education or formal language.

Someone can be literate in IGBO language...

Any body that have gone through school and still Voted for Tinubu is a bloody illiterate

just kidding

The current definition of illiterate is archaic.

This is 2025 where children of 6 years can read and write.

Now, Illiteracy is the inability to learn, unlearn and relearn.

First remove all options with 'English' in them because speaking or writing in English has nothing to do with being a literate or intelligence.
Then remove 'C' because you don't need formal education to be able to read and write.
And lastly remove 'D' because it's easily the wrongest option

adioolayi:
C cannot be the answer...

You don't necessarily need formal education to be able to read and write.

Formal education means going to a structured environment to learn...like Schools.

There are many people that were home schooled...and doesn't learn from any structured curriculum

That's true sha

The answer to that question in that picture is "B." Can't read and write. Sugarcoating more options which look like real answer would make few fail it and many of dumb fish brains fail it too.

psucc:
Illiteratecy simply means being a novice on a particular matter, or something.

Not necessarily being unlettered

You just explained the term "uneducated" bro. You don't have to be literate to be educated. Educated means leaning something, good and smart in it. It's not compulsory that you can write or read in that discipline.

Jonathan:
Correct answer is B


English language is not the only education or formal language.

Someone can be literate in IGBO language...

Facts..

My mom reads and writes well in yoruba.. Super good at reading her yoruba bible.

She used to think she be illiterate but now I go tell her mummy you are very literate oo..

B

The word "illiterate" is one of the most misused words in English Language by Nigerians.

From educational point of view, illiteracy is inability to read and write in any given language.

In the field he is a novice, he's illiterate in that field.

tunapawizzy:
totally untrue. Is a professor of law who knows nothing about Quantum mechanics an illiterate?
Is medical doctor who knows nothing about global politics an illiterate?

Na B.
I know say I correct, so whey my money?