Free Literacy and Numeracy Classes

Maranoa and Regional Support Services are continue to hold literacy and numeracy classes as a services to the community through the greatly appreciated funding received from DEETI.

These classes are one on one, unless you have a friend who you would like to work with you.

Adult Literacy and Lifeskills survey undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2006 revealed that between 46% and 70% of adults in Australia had poor or very poor skills across one or more of the five skill domains of prose literacy, document literacy, numeracy, problem-solving and health literacy.

These statistics do not take into consideration Australian’s for whom English is a seond language.

Aside from the debilitating effects of poor literacy at the individual level, where reading public notices or interpreting a bus timetable can become a challenge, the effect on the broader economy is also significant. In fact, it has been estimated that a one per cent increase in a country’s literacy scores is associated with an eventual 2.5 per cent increase in labour productivity and a 1.5 per cent increase in GDP. (Elainen Henry, The Punch,10/09/09)

If you are interested in improving your literacy or/and literacy skills, please contact Tilly on  0427786851