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Functional Literacy Group 3
Functional Literacy Group 3
Functional Literacy Group 3
Literacy
EDUC 110 Beliganio,Belle
Inaanuran
GROUP 3 Medrina
Tinaza
What is functional literacy?
2.The eradication of illiteracy should begin with population sectors, which are highly
motivated and need literacy for their own and their country's benefit.
3.Literacy programs should be linked with economic priorities and carried out in areas
undergoing rapid economic expansion.
4.Literacy programs must impart not only reading and writing but also professional and
technical knowledge leading to greater participation of adults in economic and civic life.
Referring to functional literacy, UNESCO states the
1. following
5. Literacy must be an integral part of the over-all educational system and plan of each
country.
6. The financial need for functional literacy should be met with various resources, as well
as be provided for economic investments.
7.The literacy programs should aid in achieving main economic objectives (i.e. increase •in
labor productivity, food production, industrialization, social and professional mobility,
creation of new manpower and diversification of the economy).
2. Functional Literacy
Qapar (1998) cites that a functionally literate person is someone who is one step ahead of literacy
and maintains literacy activity throughout his/her life in order to keep living and
effectively accommodate himlherself to his/her surroundings. It is, therefore, an
ongoing process.
states that functional literacy means the ability to make significant use of activities
The Education for All involving reading and writing skills that include using information, communicating
Global Monitoring with others, and following a path of lifelong learning necessary for the ability to
Report (UNESCO, express him/ herself in daily life. UNESCO's definition also adds that functional
2006) literacy includes those skills essential for both
Functional literacy can be concluded
as :
An activity that contributes to the development of an individual and the
society, including the ability to use information and skills related to
1. listening,
2. speaking,
3. reading,
4.writing, and
5.arithmetic
Improving Functional Literacy in the Philippines