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Yemen faces serious problems in many areas like politics, econo-
my, health or security. Yet, one of those problems, in other words edu-
cation, or the lack of it, prevents many of those other problems from
getting a healthy solution. This challenge becomes even more obvious
when the period and quality of education Yemeni citizens receive is
compared to the rest of the world.

Literacy rate is around 60%, and goes down as low as to 30% in the
case of women. This means, if you were to walk up to a Yemeni with a
piece of paper with an address on it, the probability that he won't be
able to help you with it is quite high because almost one in every two
Yemenis do not read and write. The universities and other educational
institutions in Yemen paint an even worse picture.
It is critical that the education problem in Yemen is solved imme-
diately. Just like there is no highly educated but underdeveloped coun-
try in the world, you cannot find any country that is under-educated

but developed and industrialized. The research shows that the increase
in income per capita and other economic indicators are directly related

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