The nine countries with the highest number of illiterates in the world converged in Abuja today 23rd June, 2010 which was declared open by President Goodluck Jonathan.
The E – 9 initiative was launched in 1993 as a forum for discussion of experiences in education, exchange of best practices and monitoring of progress in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria and Pakistan which together account for 60% of the world’s population and are home to about two-thirds of the world’s illiterate adults.
No fewer than 120 participants including the UNESCO special envoy , Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Director-General of the organization, Ms Irina Bokova and the Ministers of Education of the E – 9 countries were present at the meeting with the theme, Literacy for Development
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