Speaker, hon Deputy President, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) notes that today, Tuesday, 8 September, is International Literacy Day;
2) recalls that literacy is a cause for celebration since there are now close to four billion literate people in the world;
3) remembers that basic education is crucial to nation-building and that literacy for all is at the heart of creating literate environments and societies and is essential for achieving the goals of eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy;
4) recognises that literacy is crucial to the acquisition by every child, youth and adult of the essential life skills that enable them to address the challenges they will be facing later in life; and
5) urges all governments of the world to mobilise adequate national resources, develop more inclusive policy-making environments and devise strategies for reaching the poorest and most marginalised sections of the population in an effort to achieve the goals of the decade.
Agreed to.