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Kathmandu Sunday August 13, 2000 Kartik 28 2057.
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Correction
In the 10 November, 2000 issue of The
Kathmandu Post I am quoted as having stated at the interaction programme on "Gender
Equity and Justice" held on 9 November "that the literacy rate amongst women is
just 5.4 percent as against 29 percent for males". Please note that the figures I
quoted referred explicitly to the district of Humla which I had visited the previous day.
As stated in our joint UN System Common Country Assessment the national figures are as
follows:
Adult literacy rate for males 62.4 percent,
and Adult literacy rate for females 27.6 percent
Henning Kaercher
Resident Representative, UNDP |
