Culture and Literacy

Question 1

What is culture?

Answer 1

that complex whole, which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, language, custom and any other
capabilities acquired by man as a member of the society”

Question 2

What are the characteristics of culture?

Answer 2

•Culture is learnt
• Culture is social
• Some cultures are universal
• Culture can be shared
•Culture is continuous
• Culture is dynamic
• Some cultures are distinct
• Culture has its utility

Question 3

What Influence does Culture has on Schooling?

Answer 3

•Curriculum and textbooks
•method of teaching
•Discipline
•teacher

Question 4

What Influence does education has on culture?

Answer 4

•Preservation and transmission of culture
• Refinement and development of culture

Question 5

The ability to read, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, text with varying content is termed?

Answer 5

Literacy

Question 6

What involves a continuum of learning that enables an individual to develop knowledge and potential and participate fully in a community and wider society?

Answer 6

Literacy

Question 7

What implications does literacy has as a continuous learning process?

Answer 7

• No magic lines to cross from illiteracy to literacy
• Progression of proficiency levels in literacy is from ability to perform
simple tasks to complex tasks
• No guarantee that people may not lose the literacy skills already
acquired

Question 8

How many adults lack literacy skills?

Answer 8

781million

Question 9

How many children are out of school?

Answer 9

61million

Question 10

How many individuals within the ages of 15- to 24-years worldwide are unable to read?

Answer 10

126million

Question 11

How many children do not reach grade 4 or class 4?

Answer 11

120 million

Question 12

What are the ways of Promoting Literacy Acquisition?

Answer 12

• Draft and implement literacy policy (eg FCUBE, Free SHS),
• Provision of schools,
• provision of funds for schools,
• Provision of adult education
• Educating the public on the cost benefit analysis on illiteracy
versus literacy.

Question 13

What are the Barriers to Literacy Acquisition?

Answer 13

• Lack of schools
• Lack of adult literacy programmes
• Lack of opportunity to acquire new literacy competencies
• Lack of societies knowledge on the relevance of literacy

Question 14

What are the Benefits of Literacy Acquisition ?

Answer 14

• Literacy can contribute to economic growth and
development;
• Reduce poverty;
• Reduce crime;
• Promote democracy;
• Increase civic engagement;
• Increased self-esteem and confidence;