Writing the Wrongs: International Benchmarks on Adult Literacy

'Writing the Wrongs: International Benchmarks on Adult Literacy' argues that governments are not investing in programmes sufficiently to achieve the UN goal of reducing illiteracy by 50 percent by 2015. Published by the Global Campaign for Education, the study attempts to systematise experiences of what works in adult literacy by analysing 67 successful literacy programmes in 35 countries. The paper presents the results of these common features in benchmarks or guidelines for policy-makers which highlight the critical issues that need to be considered in designing an adult literacy programme.

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