Idowu Biao
Over the centuries, literacy has been both identified and eulogised as a harbinger of both individual and social development. Yet, African nations that have regularly posted high literacy rates are yet to show any sign of meaningful development. Which type of literacy then brings about development? None of the myriad of typologies of literacy currently existing has been found to bring about a type of development that will significantly raise the Human Development Index of African nations. Consequently, a special literacy programme capable of impacting positively and meaningfully on the Human Development Index of African nations was designed and proposed here as a panacea to African development crisis; that special literacy programme is known here as the Human Development Index Literacy Programme.
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