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Article: Educational Level Low in Greek Rural Area
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- July 15, 1996
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One in four Greeks living in rural areas has not finished
elementary school, while 75 percent of those living in these areas
have not completed the nine-year period of compulsory education.
The results of the most recent census conducted in the country
show that illiteracy is widespread, mainly among women. University
professor Maria Iliou said Greece has one of the highest women's
illiteracy rates in the developed world and even among third world
countries.
In 1991, 80 percent of those who were illiterate were women, while
one out of two women living in the Greek rural areas was considered
illiterate. Today things have improved, but the number of illiterate
women in the provinces remains ...