EFFECT OF ILLITERACY ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

EFFECT OF ILLITERACY ON POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0     Background of the study

Illiteracy or an illiterate person according to Ralinema (1995) is one who lives in a state of primary or remote consciousness, subliminal of his roles in society. He is a passive object of history submerged by the exigencies of his daily life. He is paralyzed by his sense of importance a phobia and he is enslaved ignorance of his capacity and potentialities as a human being. He is unable to comprehend the situation or environment, which envelops him, therefore is powerless to act for his freedom and liberation. He is a liability to the world around him in his mental under nourishment. In this consideration, literacy goes beyond mere reading and writing.