literacy campaign

collocation in English

meaningsofliteracyandcampaign

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literacy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.ər.ə.si/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.si/
the ability to read ...
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campaign
noun[C]
uk
/kæmˈpeɪn/us
/kæmˈpeɪn/
a planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a ...
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(Definition ofliteracyandcampaignfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofliteracy campaign

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More than 2,500 primary school teachers were already employed in theliteracycampaign.
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An experimentalliteracycampaignwas carried out in 1948, and is being continued this year.
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The high level of illiteracy has been dealt with by a majorliteracycampaign.
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A major computerliteracycampaignwill therefore need to be carried out among parents and school teachers in order to narrow the technological generation gap.
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They have now come back within the adultliteracycampaign, and over half of the males have been over 30 years old.
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That was shown, was it not, in theliteracycampaign?
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Some years ago there was a national adultliteracycampaignand people volunteered to teach those who were not good at reading.
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Will she accept that unless adequate resources are made available for improving reading standards during statutory schooling, we shall have to enlarge the adultliteracycampaign.
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The revolutionary army established large-scale public works programs and successfully implemented an urban and ruralliteracycampaign, which helped dramatically increase the literacy rate.
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They have established aliteracycampaignfor adults, a library, and a preschool.
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As a part of adultliteracycampaign, all the workers and labourers in the campus were taught to read and write.
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She mentions her involvement with theliteracycampaignafter the triumph of the revolution.
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Theliteracycampaignused secondary school students, university students as well as teachers as volunteer teachers.
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The goals of theliteracycampaignwere socio-political, strategic as well as educational.
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After the 1959 revolution, the government started a nationalliteracycampaign, offered free education to all and established rigorous sports, ballet and music programs.
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Schools were also destroyed, as theliteracycampaignconducted by the government was an important part of its policy.
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Women also played a major role in theliteracycampaign.
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She has since lent her support to a governmentliteracycampaign.
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It subsequently launched a large urban and ruralliteracycampaigndesigned to ensure the orthography's adoption, which helped dramatically increase the literacy rate.
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Volunteers from the city were often ignorant of the poor conditions of rural citizens until their experiences during theliteracycampaign.
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