Convinced that literacy is crucial to the acquisition, by every child, youth and adult, of essential life skills that enable them to address the challenges they can face in life, and represents an essential step in basic education, which is an indispensable means for effective participation in the societies and economies of the twenty-first century,
深信识字对每个儿童、青年人和成年人掌握基本生活技能至关重要，这些技能使他们有能力应付在生活中可能面对的挑战，识字是基础教育重要的一步，是有效参与二十一世纪的社会和经济活动的不可或缺的手段，