The WTC group in Kabul has been training women to teach literacy and basic business skills.

Investments in employment programs Job Connect links Ontarians, primarily unemployed youth between the ages of 16 to 24, to employment and training opportunities and Literacy and Basic Skills Program helps learners gain the literacy and numeracy skills they need to improve their employment.

Health literacy skills are not only a problem in the public.

Projects often provide direct support to literacy training, cooperative management, skills and training.

The literacy programmes were functional in the sense that they also taught numeracy and income related entrepreneurial skills.

New community centres, supported by UNESCO, to open initially in five districts, will offer classes in literacy, professional skills programmes.

Only recently have boys in junior secondary schools begun learning basic sewing skills.

Burkina Faso also benefited from a programme on Capacity Building in Gender Inclusive Scientific and Technological Literacy for enhancing life skills.

The church required from each person a degree of literacy sufficient to read the basic texts of the Lutheran faith.

The majority of people receiving income assistance need literacy programs, academic or skills developments and the Community Services Employment Supports focuses on these needs.

e) Promote e literacy programmes for women and girls, including those living in rural areas, to empower them with ICT related knowledge and skills

Perhaps the most important technical skills for electrical engineers are reflected in university programs, which emphasize strong numerical skills, computer literacy and the ability to understand the technical language and concepts that relate to electrical engineering.

The aim of retention is to help the student learn and sharpen skills such as organization, management, study skills, literacy and academic which are very important before entering the next grade, college and the labor force.

A range of approaches to adult education brings health literacy skills to people in traditional classroom settings, as well as where they work and live.

(a) Life and basic skills, including vocational training, were designed and initiated with local and national partners.

That s where the digital literacy of regular citizens is of huge importance, as only by using the analytical skills it is possible to differentiate between facts and propaganda.

Those who grew up with the children s educational TV show Sesame Street know that it gives five year olds easy to take lessons in literacy, numeracy, and social skills.

With literacy and proper skills training, a young person can go on to obtain a secure job that will contribute to the economic advancement of his or her community.

Another element of the move towards consolidation in promoting quality in basic education is the increased focus on life skills education.

Health care professionals (doctors, nurses, public health workers) can also have poor health literacy skills, such as a reduced ability to clearly explain health issues to patients and the public.

Capacity building in gender inclusive Scientific and Technological Literacy for enhancing life skills (CAPACITY BUILDING IN EDUCATION FOR ALL (EFA) Extra budgetary Programme for technical services to Member States) (ongoing)

A skills based literacy programme for women in China has resulted in a decrease of the female illiteracy rate by 29 per cent, compared with the average for the province.

Today the overall literacy rate in Albania is 98.7 the male literacy rate is 99.2 and female literacy rate is 98.3 .

National Commission for Human Development The government has also established a national level organization with the mandate to increase literacy levels, improve basic health conditions and develop entrepreneurs.

And yet we still lack the basic skills of reflecting on such information, of sifting through the dirt to find the worthy nuggets.

(1) Literacy Program

Literacy Tech Foundation

As indicated in the World Programme of Action for Youth, the development of basic education and skills training for rural youth needs to be strengthened.

Table 10 Literacy statistics

Education and science According to 2011 census, literacy in Serbia stands at 98 of population while computer literacy is at 49 (complete computer literacy is at 34.2 ).

And research assessing a country s human capital now focuses on the quantity and quality of basic skills, qualified graduate manpower, and expertise in research and development.

Literacy is a crucial concern.

PMLC Prime Minister's Literacy Commission.

Public private partnerships can be used to improve the delivery of basic services, such as energy and water, facilitate access to larger financing opportunities and enhance skills.

Although much remained to be done to improve the situation of rural women, the Government and its partners had been working to improve functional literacy, enterprise development, skills training and microfinance, with the aim of alleviating poverty.

Adult Literacy Schools exist in rural and urban areas for women as well as men to promote functional literacy.

Female migrants have benefited from activities, such as health awareness (HIV AIDS), legal and social rights protection, life and basic skills, vocational training and techniques for job seeking

In 2002 2004 the Look World project was implemented, in the course of which 102 697 persons (10 of the adult population of Estonia) acquired basic computer skills.

Technical training in management, functional literacy.

8.5 Adult and functional literacy programmes

Round table 5 Education and literacy

Furthermore, we participated in two rounds of the International Literacy Survey, from which direct measures of literacy can be derived.

(c) To address female literacy, some 746 women's centres were set up in 1999 to promote traditional and functional literacy.

In order to share this experience with a wider audience, the Literacy and Non Formal Education Section of the Division of Basic Education at UNESCO has transcribed and edited a selection of radio programme scripts.

In 2004 UNESCO is carrying out a pilot literacy survey which will provide Vanuatu with its first literacy figure by 2005.