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Editorial
Dealing with illiteracy
Monday, August 30, 2010
WITH the start of the cutting enlighten year just days away, discussion on preparation and how to deal with the myriad problems have belowstandably heated up.
So, for example, pages octonary and nine of yesterdays Sunday Observer are dedicated to the thoughts of new Jamaica Teachers Association President, Miss Nadine Molloy as expressed last week at the Observer Press Club.
We are especially touch by the story More resources needed to tackle illiteracy.
Precise figures are elusive, but 37 years after the visionary Jamaican Prime Minister Michael Manley launched a massive programme to kill illiteracy in Jamaica, it remains a major problem. normal of happenings in Jamaica, Mr Manleys almost evangelic campaign petered out after a few years, though the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong breeding (JFLL), formerly the JAMAL Foundation, remains with us.
Of course, part of the reason for the dissipation of the freehanded literacy programme was the reality that no matter what was achieved at that take it was being undone by the release of thousands of functional illiterates from the glob school system on an annual basis.
It is estimated that just under 20 per cent of the adult population remains functionally unable to read. The 2008 Economic and Social Survey tells us...If you want to pop off a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com
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