Our policy priorities
To effectively tackle adult literacy difficulties in Ireland we need to work at many different levels. We need literacy learning into our workplaces, homes, communities and social settings. Our research has identified 10 policy priorities to do this:
- Provision of Workplace Basic Education.
- Integration of literacy into publicly funded education and training programmes
- Distance learning at Levels 1 - 3, working to provide accredited literacy learning opportunities while in your home.
- Numeracy strategy, working on the development of number skills.
- Family literacy, working with parents and children to improve literacy levels.
- ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) budget separated
- Intensive literacy learning learning opportunities,
- Health literacy awareness and response
- Initiatives to promote literacy opportunities to increase participation
- Monitoring and evaluation of all interventions.
If you would like more details on the above policies read A Refreshed Adult Literacy Strategy (2009) and our policy papers on Workplace Basic Education, Paid Learning Leave and Health Literacy.
