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The National Book Prize is an award presented to authors, editors, translators, publishers, and illustrators judged to have "bestowed literacy for their contributions to literature in Malta" within the past year.
The objectives of education in Malta include intellectual and moral development and the preparation of every citizen to contribute productively to the national economy. Although Maltese citizens had access to education during the Arab administration of 870 to 1090, the arrival of a number of religious orders in the following four centuries ...
The National Book Council (Maltese: Il-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb), is a Maltese public entity dedicated to the promotion of the book industry in Malta. [1]It organises the Malta Book Festival (Maltese: Il-Festival Nazzjonali Tal-Ktieb), The Literary Contest of Novels for Youth (Maltese: Konkors ta' Kitba Letteratura għaż-Żgħażagħ) [2] and other national and regional events, workshops ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022) World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global ...
Both languages are compulsory subjects in Maltese primary and secondary schools. A large portion of the population is also fluent in Italian, which was, until 1936, the national language of Malta. The literacy rate has reached 93%, compared to 63% in 1946. Schooling is compulsory until age 16.
It is designed to measure children's reading literacy achievement, to provide a baseline for future studies of trends in achievement, and to gather information about children's home and school experiences in learning to read. [2] Over 60 countries and sub-national, benchmarking entities participated in PIRLS 2021. [3]
The National Literacy Trust is an independent charity (registered no. 1116260 in England and Wales and registered no. SCO42944 in Scotland) based in London, England, that promotes literacy. It was founded by Sir Simon Hornby , former chairman of the major national retail chain, WHSmith PLC .
In 2013, MITA drew up a national strategy for the digital economy. [4] [5] On 24 March 2014, the Digital Malta – the National Digital Strategy for 2014-2020 was launched by the Prime Minister Hon Dr. Joseph Muscat. [6] Digital Malta puts forward a set of guiding principles and policy actions of how ICT can be used for socio-economic development.