Literacy and numeracy

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United Nations Literacy Decade 2003 - 2012

'Literacy as Freedom' is the theme of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012) launched at United Nations Headquarters in New York on February 13 2003, by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura and Natsagiin Bagabandi, the President of Mongolia.
860 million adults are illiterate, over 100 million children have no access to school. Below is a collection of links to resources from the edna repository to support literacy and numeracy teaching and learning.

Literacy

Numeracy

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