Adult Literacy Returns in Ireland
Ongoing campaign
The total number of learners in the Vocational Education Committee’s (VEC’s) adult literacy service (ALS) in 2010 was 54,741. The number includes learners in the adult literacy service, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Intensive Adult Basic Education (ITABE). This represents an 11% increase on participation rates from 2009 (47,266). Over the past decade the overall trend in participation has seen more than a 200% increase, rising from 17,150 in 2000 to 54,741 in 2010.
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