Literacy Levels: Canadian Adults

Economic Prosperity Dept: By 2031, more than 15 million Canadian adults three million more than today will have low literacy levels, the Canadian Council on Learning says in the report released Wednesday, according to CBC. With low literacy skills, a person can deal "only with simple, clear material involving uncomplicated tasks," the council said and the number of Canadian adults with low literacy levels will increase 25 per cent in the next two decades, creating a "literacy dilemma" if the problem isn't addressed immediately, a new report says. "Unless some action is taken to reverse this trend, the literacy dilemma we are facing can translate into profound challenges for Canada's social well-being and economic prosperity," the council warned. As reported in the news.
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