<正> EDITOR'S NOTE: In 2000, the illiteracy among people aged 15 and older was 55-65 percent in Qamdo,Nagqu and Ngari, and 26.2 percent in Lhasa and 31.14 percent in Nyingchi. Female illiterates arenumerically greater than their male counterparts. Such a situation is most serious in Qamdo,followed by Xigaze and Nagqu; it is relatively less in Lhasa and Nyingchi.