Role of Computer Science in Adult Literacy

Literacy is a process of development. It is also a continuous and life long

process. It attributes to human development. Literacy makes possible to update one's

knowledge and skill, to acquire new knowledge on job and to prepare for new roles

and responsibilities. Literacy begins at home and continues in school.

The goals of literacy are to utilize the knowledge and skills of the profession

in a corrective manner to rehabilitate individuals to help them to help themselves, so

that they can become part of society and to guide them towards becoming comfortable

with themselves and their associates. It also helps in behavior changes and become

socially acceptable. Illiteracy is an obstacle for the development. In competitive world

for survival and to be fittest in society, literacy is a must for humans. Literacy

enriches a person to achieve a desired goal. Literacy gives an effort to help the

individual employees and their families to understand their problems in social

relationships, face the problem, consider alternatives and more ahead with action that

seems best for their solution.

Literacy leads to enrichment. It focuses and aims especially at the quality of

life, it encompasses to help people go on from where they are to add positive

experience and values to living. It also reflects the roots for growth and improvement

of the abilities and activities. It results to a genuine maturity of living.

Literacy is one of the important social characteristics. The information is

obtained from every individual in the census. For the purposes of census a person

aged seven and above, who can both read and write with an understanding of any

language, is treated as a literate. A person, who can read but cannot write, is not a

literate. Spread and diffusion of literacy are generally associated with essential traits

of today's civilization such as modernization, urbanization, industrialization,

communication and commerce. Higher levels of education and literacy lead to a

greater awareness and also contributes to the improvement of economic conditions. It

acts as a catalyst for social upliftment enhancing the returns on investments made

almost every aspect of development effort, be it population control, health, hygiene,

environment degradation control, empowerment of women and weaker sections of the

society. Improve levels of literacy also are prerequisites for acquiring various skills