Literacy levels in small villages in relation to local primary school

Abstract

The question is increasingly being asked at the beginning of the 21st century: does literacy still have a raison d'être? In the information society, all data and knowledge is at our fingertips thanks to the computer networks that surround our entire world and the data warehouses that are now becoming indeterminate in size. Is literacy and its level the same today as it was fifty years ago? Have the concepts that became popular at the end of the 20th century - competence and skills - influenced this in any way? What do people in small towns and villages think about literacy and its importance? Can the local small school and its staff play a role in changing the literacy levels of communities, and can they be expected to do so? Does the tangible proximity of artificial intelligence not pose a threat to literacy and cause its devaluation, deterioration and decline? This study seeks to answer these questions by presenting and evaluating the results of questionnaires filled in by people living in a small area. At the end of the study, it draws conclusions based on the results and presents further tasks that, if carried out, will provide an even broader insight into the relationship between literacy in small villages and the local primary school.