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Although Rwanda faces tumultuous political and administrative situations, the common people of Rwanda have shown a great interest in increasing their literacy rate. The factors affecting Rwanda's literacy are numerous, however, chief among them being the lack of funds. To solve this UNESCO and other Non-Profit Organizations have started working in the city and have improved the situation to a great extent. Today, Rwanda ranks 54th on the world literacy chart and nearly 70.4% of the population can genuinely be called literates.
To improve Rwanda's literacy, these non-profit organizations have started shipping books from the US and Europe and often are resorting to open-air schools to educate the people since, availing a proper educational building is often not possible. But the UNESCO and the NGOs are not finding much finding much obstacles in improving the Rwanda literacy rate since, the inhabitants of this small African nation are themselves eager to get educated.
As a result of inexhaustible work done by UNESCO, Rwanda's literacy rate is increasing with each successive year, pre-primary enrollment in schools increased from 3% regionally in 2002 to 14% according to 2005 census estimates. Rwanda's literacy rate is also showing substantial improvement in other levels of education as well. Enrollment in primary schools increased from 66% in 1991 to 74% in 2005; a drastic improvement considering the turbulent political situations the country went through during this period. At present enrollment in the tertiary field of education is just 3% of the total population but is speculated to rise over the next 10 years. The census results of the year 2000 has revealed that 64.9% of adults are educated whereas 77.6% of youths in Rwanda have been exposed to literacy.
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