1. The Cost of an Illiterate Society
One of these problems is the concept of an illiterate society, and the effect it has on these illiterate people, and the people around them. ... Although many of these adults can read at rudimentary levels, they need higher levels of literacy to function effectively in society, to find employment, or to be trained for new jobs as the workplace changes. ... In 1991 the US government created the National Institute for Literacy with the stated purpose of achieving "full literacy" by the year 2000. ... In 1997 the federal government provided $467 million for adult education, $5 for every adult i...
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