Oman

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Illiteracy rate in Oman drops significantly

Staff ReportPublished: 14:00 April 9, 2013
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The study, comparing statistics and data cited in the Population Census — first conducted in 1993, second in 2003 and last in 2010 — shows that one of the salient features of the educational scenario is a decline in the illiteracy rate from 41 per cent in 1993 to 22 per cent in 2003 and 14 per cent in 2010.

Females constitute three-fifths of the illiterate, of whom 88 per cent are aged 40 and above, according to the government-owned Arabic daily Oman.
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