
How much more a graduate earns over a lifetime


Minister Kapil Sibal.
Pakistan spends only 2.5% of its gross domestic product on education. This in a country where half the adult population is illiterate.
Reading on the Rise documents a definitive increase in rates and numbers of American adults who read literature. This new growth reverses two decades of downward trends cited previously in NEA reports such as Reading at Risk and To Read or Not To Read. Reading on the Rise is based on early results from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. January 2009. 16 pp.