In the rural areas there was literacy and numeracy instruction targeted at women.

The literacy programmes were functional in the sense that they also taught numeracy and income related entrepreneurial skills.

I did the coursework because understanding computers is important to me, just like literacy and numeracy, and I made it through. I never worked harder on anything, never been challenged to this degree.

22. Bearing in mind that literacy and numeracy are preconditions for access to and effective use of ICT, Governments should promote opportunities through formal and non formal channels for young persons to acquire the appropriate knowledge.

Tertiary and Further Education (TAFE) New South Wales provides two women only courses to address the needs of women facing a range of barriers, such as disability, age, cultural difference, language, literacy, numeracy, unemployment, imprisonment or isolation.

As it stands, poor educational outcomes and inefficient education systems are eliciting deep concern worldwide. In many countries, primary schools fail to provide students with appropriate cognitive skills like numeracy, literacy, problem solving ability, and general scientific knowledge.

Investments in employment programs Job Connect links Ontarians, primarily unemployed youth between the ages of 16 to 24, to employment and training opportunities and Literacy and Basic Skills Program helps learners gain the literacy and numeracy skills they need to improve their employment.

It has also been observed that Viet Nam, with its high rates of literacy and numeracy, long experience with mass organizations and ability to mobilize people down to the village level, has sufficient absorptive capacity to continue moving forward in developing programmes and strategies for reducing poverty.

Those who grew up with the children s educational TV show Sesame Street know that it gives five year olds easy to take lessons in literacy, numeracy, and social skills. But Sesame Street has a loftier agenda, finding partners in the developing world including Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Pakistan to bring the fuzzy little creatures, with their message of peace and tolerance, to local audiences.