9. Chad
Literacy rate: 40.20%
The education system in Chad, the next one on our list of most illiterate countries in the world, is pretty poorly organized. Most students are unable to pass their exams, with only 9 percent passing back in 2012. This is because there are few formal training programs for the teachers of the country and even they are not often enforced. Furthermore, only 36 percent of the children in the country who are of school going age actually go to school. There could be a brilliant mind simply sitting at home because he can’t afford to go to school and get a basic education.
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