Sentence examples for year of literacy from inspiring English sources

One of the first acts by the Sandinistas following the revolution of 1979 was to declare a "year of literacy," whereby the government sent out cadres of former guerrilla fighters to teach reading to the largely illiterate rural populace.

After the invention of the book, it took hundreds of years for literacy to spread.

Since OM occurs in the critical years of language, literacy, and math skill development [ 4], OM in early childhood may affect cognitive function later in life.

After a full year of steady use, literacy gains by the users will be assessed and the finalists determined.

Our species existed for more than 100,000 years before the earliest signs of literacy, and another 5,000 years would pass before the majority of humans would know how to read and write.

Too few poor children in their prekindergarten years have the kinds of literacy experiences that lead to later academic achievement.

Gee has advocated for years that our definition of "literacy" needs to be widened to better suit the times.

Interestingly, you'd think this would be the main change that bumped America up, but the UNDP says it wasn't:Lifting the cap on income for the United States plays only a minor role in the change... Use of the mean years of schooling instead of literacy made a huge difference, however.

As an alternative to simply identifying levels of literacy with years of schooling, some scholars have distinguished levels of literacy in another way.

England is the only country in the developed world where 16- to 24-year-olds have lower levels of literacy and numeracy than their grandparents, says the first OECD skills survey.

In a stark assessment of the success and failure of the 720-million-strong adult workforce across the wealthier economies, the economic thinktank warns that in England, adults aged 55 to 65 perform better than 16- to 24-year-olds at foundation levels of literacy and numeracy.