Jules, Didacus2022-01-182022-01-18Mar/Apr. 11133https://hdl.handle.net/2139/53232This paper discusses some of the structural conditions giving rise to illiteracy in the Third World before outlining the planning and implementation processes necessary for its eradication. It insists that the eradication of this social malaise must be a political act and further emphasizes that the key to any successful literacy campaign is the extent of participation it is likely to invoke. The article makes reference to the literacy programmes of Jamaica and the former People's Revolutionary Government (PRG) of GrenadaFunctional literacy programmes