LITERACY: OTHER WAY TO LOOK AT IT

“Human rights are "rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled".[1] Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human.[
The right to education
Main article: Right to education
Article 13 of the Covenant recognizes the right of everyone to education. This is to be directed towards "the full development of the human personality and the sense of its dignity",[14] and enable all persons to participate effectively in society. Education is seen both as a human right and as "an indispensable means of realizing other human rights", and so this is one of the longest and most important articles of the Covenant.[45]
Public participation is a political principle or practice, and may also be recognized as a right (right to public participation). The terms public participation may be used interchangeably with the concept or practice of stakeholder engagement and/or popular participation” HUMAN RIGHT WATCH...

LITERACY, understood as a social practice, is not only a way of participation but also a right.