📰 Adult Literacy News Summary
How Literate Is Your State? Full List of U.S. Literacy Rate by State
24-Jun-2025 - USA
Literacy is vital for societal and workforce participation, with significant regional disparities across the U.S. due to unequal educational access. New Hampshire has the highest literacy rate (94.2%) and California the lowest (76.9%), a 17.3 percentage point difference.
Read moreWomenTrust Empowers Women Through Literacy Programme
21-Jun-2025 - Ghana
Womenstrust, a non-governmental organisation, yesterday held the 6th edition of its adult literacy graduation ceremony for 20 women beneficiaries of the adult literacy programme aimed at empowering women through literacy. The graduands, who joined a growing group of over 400 women who had been trained in Ga, Twi, and Ewe, also formed part of a cohort of 90 who advanced from local language instruction to basic English literacy.
Read moreFunding For Mayo Project Tackling Literacy And Numeracy Needs
19-Jun-2025 - Ireland
The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, James Lawless, has today announced the allocation of more than €13,000 to fund innovative projects across Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim that support adults with unmet literacy needs.
Read moreNational Cyber Security Centre Launches National Adult Literacy Agency Approved ‘Plain English’ Guide to Keeping Your Online Accounts Secure
18-Jun-2025 - Ireland
The NCSC and NALA have today announced the launch of a new plain English guide designed to make the often complex and confusing information around keeping online accounts secure more accessible to the public. This guide, available now on the NCSC website, provides clear, concise explanations of cyber security topics, empowering citizens to take control of their online accounts, and keep their personal information secure.
Read morePair Who Launched Charity That Helps Adults To Read Across Salisbury Area To Step Down
17-Jun-2025 - UK
Two pioneers who launched a literary charity that helps adults to read across the Salisbury area are now moving on to pastures new. South and East Wiltshire Read Easy was first created in May 2022 following months of hard work by Clare Potter and Caroline Finch. The pair had both independently been looking at how they could help adults to read, with the initial plan to teach in prisons. However, as there are no prisons within easy travelling distance to Salisbury, they turned their attention to the national charity Read Easy.
Read moreStellantis UK partners with The Children’s Literacy Charity
16-Jun-2025 - UK
Stellantis UK is partnering with The Children’s Literacy Charity which works to close the literacy gap for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, giving them the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. The partnership has enabled the introduction of the charity’s Reading Lab intervention across six schools in Coventry, Ellesmere Port and Luton Stellantis is also backing the charity’s work to encourage parental engagement and expand its Reader Leader mentoring scheme.
Read moreLiteracy Charity Targets Areas of Greatest Need
16-Jun-2025 - UK
One in four children leave primary school unable to read to the expected standard – and those in England’s most deprived areas are even less likely to meet key developmental goals by age five, according to UNICEF UK. But a charity operating throughout Barnsley is making a tangible difference – one story at a time. Schoolreaders, a national children’s reading charity, provides over 33,000 children with weekly classroom reading sessions in England, connecting over 3,300 volunteers with primary schools.
Read moreKatsina Government to Launch Literacy Classes for Repentant Bandits
15-Jun-2025 - Nigeria
The Katsina State Agency for Mass Education has unveiled plans to begin literacy classes for repentant bandits as part of efforts to reintegrate them into society. According to the state government, the initiative follows recent peace agreements reached in several local government areas previously plagued by banditry.
Read moreChildren in Poorest Areas Falling Behind by Age Five – Literacy Charity Targets Areas of Greatest Need
13-Jun-2025 - UK
One in four children leave primary school unable to read to the expected standard – and those in England’s most deprived areas are even less likely to meet key developmental goals by age five, according to UNICEF UK. But a charity operating throughout Manchester is making a tangible difference – one story at a time. In the region, Schoolreaders volunteers actively operate in a third of primary schools but still require at least 110 more volunteers to help tackle the literacy gap in the region.
Read moreMedia Students Create New Training Film For Literacy Charity
11-Jun-2025 - UK
Media students from West Nottinghamshire College have made a meaningful contribution to a local charity by producing a new staff training video to support their work in schools. Literacy Volunteers, a Nottingham-based registered charity, has been supporting children and families for years by promoting reading, communication, and social skills development.
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