Friday, August 26, 2016

US illiteracy

Thirty million American adults cannot read.

Worldwide, almost 800 million people are illiterate.

2 comments:

GN said...

Peoplle?

Mary said...

And in Ireland the illiteracy rate is down to 18%. That means only 1 in every six people you meet will have difficulty following basic written information. https://www.nala.ie/literacy/literacy-in-ireland

Down from 20% a few years ago.

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