What is literacy? It's something older Scots believe they have in spades, something Scandinavian countries produce in 100 per cent of children but something possessed by only a third of Scottish 14-year-olds according to last week's Scottish Achievement Survey.
Unesco calls literacy the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials… enabling individuals to achieve their goals, develop knowledge and potential and participate fully...to read more - click here.
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