Geographical analysis

Abstract

Human resources constitute the ultimate basis for the wealth of nations. The principal institutional mechanism for developing human skill and knowledge is the formal educational systems. Education is a key factor for the rapid development of a country. Education is the best foundation for any civilized society. It challenges the face of a nation and plays a pivotal role in development. Education is the prime agent to bring desirable modifications in the knowledge, skill and sensitivity of human beings. It is a catalytic factor which can be used as an instrument of developing or producing required skilled manpower. Inequalities between the educational levels of different groups have been both the cause and the effect of the differentials between their levels of socio-economic development. This is especially true of the levels of literacy, which provides the essential pre-condition for educational development. With a view to unravel the complexities in the process of diffusion of literacy, the analysis in the present paper is concerned with the identification, measurement and explanation of inequities in territorial distribution of literacy

Keywords: Regional Imbalance; Literacy; Manpower