2000年9月8日这一天,全世界将连续30个年头再次庆祝国际扫盲日。在刚刚迈人新世纪之际,我们如何总结几十年为扫盲而进行的动员呢?今年4月在达喀尔举行的世界教育论坛的部分目的就是进行这种总结。基础教育领域所进行的前所未有的广泛评估使我们看到,尽管在某些国家已经取得了巨大成绩,但是,文盲 On September 8, 2000, this day, the world celebrates International Literacy Day again for 30 consecutive years. How did we summarize the decades of mobilization for literacy as we marched into the new millennium? Part of the purpose of the World Education Forum in Dakar in April this year was to make that summary. An unprecedented wide-ranging assessment in the field of basic education has shown us that although great achievements have been made in some countries, illiteracy