Finally, the system's long - term flaws are evident in the city's functional illiteracy rate of 40 percent among adults. (educationnext.org)
However, poor water sanitation, poverty and high illiteracy rates mean that Yemen does not have the social, economic or environmental factors needed for the extensive and safe use of milk substitutes. (babymilkaction.org)
Mastery learning has been hailed as the answer to rising illiteracy rates by some educators and criticized heavily by others, the speakers suggested. (edweek.org)