{"id":1230,"date":"2018-01-16T11:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T11:14:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:14:34","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T11:14:34","slug":"the-government-has-announced-an-aim-to-eliminate-illiteracy-by-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/riyadh\/en\/news\/the-government-has-announced-an-aim-to-eliminate-illiteracy-by-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"The Government Has Announced An Aim To Eliminate Illiteracy By 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/p>\nOn to bigger things this week as Saudi plans to completely wipe off illiteracy by 2024. With programs and conjoined efforts by leaders throughout the years, the rate of illiteracy has been reduced at a larger scale since 1972.<\/p>\n
The illiteracy rate in Saudi Arabia today is less than 5.6%, according to government data sourced by\u00a0Saudi Gazette.<\/a><\/p>\n Illiteracy rate in Saudi Arabia was 60% in 1972. Today it is 5.6%. The government says it plans to eradicate illiteracy by 2024 https:\/\/t.co\/uA5T6befHU<\/a><\/p>\n\n