Every year 8 September is celebrated as International Literacy Day to enhance the awareness about the education. Nelson Mandela has very well said that Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. It is crucial for an each and every citizen of a nation to be literate as it affects significantly to the growth and development of a nation.

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The whole world understands the importance of education, therefore, on November 7, 1965,  UNESCO had announced September 8 will be celebrated as the International Literacy Day. This day was celebrated in 1966 for the first time and since then it is celebrated on 8th September every year as International Literacy Day.

According to the report of the World Education Monitoring Board, one in five out of every five people is illiterate, and two-thirds of the world's women are also illiterate. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are the countries where literacy rates are the lowest.

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literacy rate in India is much lower than the literacy rate of the world. According to census 2011, the literacy rate of India was 74.04 in 2011. The Indian government is focusing on this area still it needs to take more steps to achieve 100 percent literacy.