School-leavers might be tech-savvy but they are increasingly entering the workplace without basic numerical and literacy skills, employers have warned. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and ...

Worldwide, at least 773 million people now lack basic literacy skills; tailoring the teaching of reading to the individual makes learning more fun, so that literacy becomes a passport instead of a ...

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Nearly one in five Fort Bend County adults struggle with basic reading proficiency, according to data from the National Center for Educational Statistics. It’s also estimated that about 13% of the ...

In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to sustain employment -- yet education programs for this group serve only about 1.5 million, and funding continues to be cut at ...

IPOH: In an effort to strengthen basic literacy skills among pupils, the state government has expanded the Propulih Programme to include not only lower secondary pupils but also primary school pupils.

This spring a federal appeals court ruled that all children have a constitutional right to a “basic minimum education,” defined as “an education sufficient to provide access to a foundational level of ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National ...