National Strategy to Improve Literacy

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October 2011:

Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life, the National Strategy to Improve Literacy and Numeracy among Children and Young People, was launched by the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn, TD, on July 8th last. This strategy sets out a range of priorities and targets for the improvement of standards in literacy and numeracy over a 10 year period. PDST will offer school leaders and teachers a range of supports in implementing the National Strategy, details of which will be communicated to schools shortly.

http://www.into.ie/ROI/LiteracyandNumeracy/Downloads/LiteracyNumeracyStrategy_DES.pdf

FOREWORD

Literacy and numeracy are among the most important life skills that our schools teach. No child should leave school without having mastered these skills to the best of their abilities. Literacy and numeracy skills are crucial to a person’s ability to develop fully as an individual, to live a satisfying and rewarding life and to participate fully in our society. Ensuring that all young people acquire these skills is one of the greatest contributions that we can make to achieving social justice and equity in our country.

However, we know that some children are not developing these skills as they should. Information from national assessments of reading and mathematics, from inspections in schools and from international studies have shown that many students in Irish schools are not developing literacy and numeracy skills to the best of their abilities. We cannot afford to allow this to continue.

Ruairí Quinn, TD Minister for Education and Skills