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Adult Literacy and Numeracy

Regardless of age or gender, the ability to read, write and use mathematics is essential. In many aspects of our lives today we still need to read and write, a need technology cannot replace. Indeed, in some ways, it is more essential. As more everyday activities become automated, so reading becomes more important. Although the need to write extensively may be limited for many adults, writing nevertheless remains an important form of communication. In everyday life it is difficult to avoid filling in forms, writing letters etc. Mathematics is essential to functioning independently. In everyday life we are confronted with numbers, from getting on the right bus or putting coins in a parking meter, to choosing the best deal on a mobile phone or a pension plan.

Increasingly, we are bombarded with charts and statistics to inform us, persuade us, impress us, convince us. Without some understanding of how to interpret data it is difficult to be an independent citizen and confident consumer.

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