Sentence examples for having literacy from inspiring English sources

This isn't necessarily a problem for the books industry, she explained, but with a third of adults never reading for pleasure and one in six adults having literacy problems it's a problem "for the country".

Nearly half of those of working age lack basic numeracy skills, and over 5 million adults can be described as functionally illiterate, having literacy skills below that expected of an 11 year old; they wouldn't be able to pass a GCSE exam.

Federal guidelines mandate that all students identified as having literacy deficiencies, must be offered remediation.

They are also more likely than children from higher SES home environments to be at risk of having literacy difficulties (Lonigan [2003]; Nicholson [2003]).

Tuckett noticed that a large proportion had literacy problems.

"Probably 70% of the people we work with [at the Big Issue] have literacy issues".

Since when has literacy in international affairs become a drawback for a presidential candidate?

Studies have found that more than 50% of prisoners have literacy levels below that expected of 11 year olds.

It's worth noting that around or over 80% of people in prison have literacy and/or numeracy challenges.

Consider the low baseline: two thirds of all prisoners have literacy levels below that expected of 11-year-olds.

Educational systems are generally well developed, and the great majority of countries have literacy rates exceeding 80 percent.