--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <jedi_spock@> > wrote: > > > > The Facts are slightly different. Over 90% of the indian > > population were illiterate back then. All the VedaShalas, > > the traditional Vedic Schools were open only to Brahmins > > and other elite classes. > > I'm not terribly interested in Jason's latest India- > bash, but since he's brought up the category of > "Strange and interesting facts about literacy," what > country on the planet, in 1990, had the *highest* > percentage of literacy among its population on the > planet? Hint: the same country, today, has one of > the lowest percentages of literacy. > > You guessed it...Iraq. From the most literate nation > on the planet under Saddam Hussein pre-GWI
Nitpick: Not nearly the most literate, actually. There are dozens of countries with literacy percentages in the high 90s; Iraq's had become quite high due to Saddam's compulsory literacy program, but it never got much above 90 percent. Most literate *Arab* country, perhaps. > to one of > the least literate, under US rule, post-GWII. > Fascinating, eh? Especially given that writing may have been invented in Iraq. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
