Language education for Dutch-speaking adults
The UNESCO Education For All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report 2009 shows that illiteracy and low literacy rates are not confined to poor countries. According to the report, in the Netherlands, some 1.5 million adults are classified as functionally illiterate, roughly 1 million of them native Dutch speakers. In metropolitan France, 9% of adults of working age had attended school in France but had literacy problems.
UNESCO suggests that meeting the lifelong needs of youth and adults needs stronger political commitment and more public funding.
How big a problem is illiteracy in your country? What can schools, governments and civil society do to remedy the problem?
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