About International Day:
The main focus of International Literacy Day 2020 teaching and learning in the COVID-19.
Focus on the role of educators and changing pedagogies.
The theme of 2020 is learning in a life-long learning perspective on youth and adults.
History of The Day:
International Literacy Day by UNESCO on 26th October 1966.
In the 14th Session of UNESCO’s General Conference.
International Literacy Day is celebrated for the first time in 1967.
The main aim of International Literacy Day is importance of literacy to individuals, communities, and societies.
UNESCO’s ‘Global Monitoring Report on Education for All’ (2006).