School-leavers might be tech-savvy but they are increasingly entering the workplace without basic numerical and literacy skills, employers have warned. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and ...

South Africa, like many of its peers in the Global South, is awash in digital optimism. Coding bootcamps for youth, broadband projects spanning provinces, and classrooms equipped with sleek tablets.

Literacy is a basic human right, it is something that empowers a person and it liberates a person. That power, of being able to learn and grow and connect, I just don't think there's anything like it.

In the U.S., 36 million adults lack the basic literacy skills needed to sustain employment -- yet education programs for this group serve only about 1.5 million, and funding continues to be cut at ...

In the computer age, printed forms of communication and recordkeeping have given way to the digital, a boon to efficiency. But the unintended and unwanted consequences, unfortunately, include an ...

Above, bookmobile program manager Pua Burgess, left, spoke with keiki. The program will start service in Hauula soon. At top, Hawaii Literacy bookmobile supervisor Christine Haban, right, helped keiki ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Twenty-nine percent of American adults performed at the lowest level for numeracy on a major international study, according to a new report released today by the National ...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA) — Northern Mindanao recorded a basic literacy rate of 90.8 percent in 2024, slightly above the national average of 90 percent, according to Philippine Statistics Authority ...

LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte (PIA) — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has reported that Ilocos Norte recorded the highest basic literacy rate in Region 1 at 93.4%, based on the 2024 Functional ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Law Society of Ontario officially accredits NEXT’s “Basic Neuro-Literacy Program for Lawyers and Paralegals” under its Continuing Professional Development designation. By ...

MANILA, Philippines — A higher basic and functional literacy rate was recorded among individuals who reached at least a high school level of education, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

A handful of students, teachers, advocacy groups and parents sued the State of California two years ago, alleging the state deprived students from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to learn ...