OBJECTIF PROFICIENCY 01

Manifesto for literacy full version

The next government will be faced with the enormous challenge
of rebuilding the economy and improving social mobility, while
making efficiency savings across Whitehall and local government.
This challenge won’t be easy, but it will be even harder without
the basics in place.
In the UK today one in six people struggle with literacy.
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With literacy skills, an individual gains control over their life,
but without literacy, life experience is dramatically narrowed and
opportunities are lost. This not only impacts upon an individual’s
personal success and happiness, but also affects their family,
the community they live in, and society as a whole.
In September 2008 the National Literacy Trust published
Literacy changes lives2 which showed the difference in a range
of outcomes between those with poor and good literacy levels.

Read more:
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/assets/0000/2584/manifestoforliteracyfullversion.pdf