Sentences with phrase «adult illiteracy rates»

Indonesia has succeeded in bringing adult illiteracy rates down from 15.4 million in 2004 to 7.5 million in 2010, and those rates continue to decrease.

To conclude, this article shows that a lot of efforts have been made in Jamaica, to decrease the adult illiteracy rate.

In Detroit, failed schools have contributed to an adult illiteracy rate pegged at 47 percent.

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Finally, the system's long - term flaws are evident in the city's functional illiteracy rate of 40 percent among adults.

In 2005, West Virginia, saddled with the nation's highest rate of adult illiteracy and lowest per capita income, recognized that its schools urgently needed an overhaul if its students weren't going to fall off the charts in the fast - moving age of digital technology.

Indeed, in 1975, an Adult Literacy Survey declared that the illiteracy rate had decreased by 32 %.

One of the saddest things about adult illiteracy and ESL language learners is not the staggering rates of adults who are still classified as functionally illiterate, or the numbers of immigrants who may learn to speak a language with some level of comfort and fluency but never develop basic reading skills; it's the... [Read more...]

One of the saddest things about adult illiteracy and ESL language learners is not the staggering rates of adults who are still classified as functionally illiterate, or the numbers of immigrants who may learn to speak a language with some level of comfort and fluency but never develop basic reading skills; it's the quality — or lack thereof — of instructional materials for adult learners.

Without a strong foundation of literacy and access to books as children, these students will grow up contributing to higher rates of illiteracy among adults to the country.

We've included some statistics on illiteracy rates among juvenile and adult offenders to demonstrate how important a solid education is.