ABSTRACT
The most profound, far-reaching and significant impact of literacy on people’s lives is its empowering potential To be literate is to become liberated from the constraints of dependency. To be literate is to gain a voice and to participate meaningfully and assertively in decisions that affect people’s lives. To be literate is to become politically conscious and critically aware and to demystify social reality…. Literacy helps people to become self-reliant and resist exploitation and oppression. Literacy provides access to written knowledge and knowledge is power.
