A literate world is a possible and desirable one. There are enough resources. What is now needed is the collective will of the international community to ensure that the necessary support is forthcoming.
Koichiro Matsuurait is inconceivable that poverty eradication can make much headway in the absence of major advances in literacy.
Koichiro MatsuuraAchieving the right to basic education for all is thus one of the biggest moral challenges of our times.
Koichiro MatsuuraAs an empowerment right, education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalised adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty, and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities.
Koichiro Matsuura