Despite relatively high education rates, an analysis of international assessments by Statistics Canada in 2013 showed that more than one in six adult Canadians fell short of passing the most basic set of literacy tests.
Despite relatively high education rates, an analysis of international assessments by Statistics Canada in 2013 showed that more than one in six adult Canadians fell short of passing the most basic set of literacy tests.
Very interesting article! I’m not Canadian, but while Canadians were the focus, the problems sound pretty universal. More reliance on tech, changing job markets, and people not continuously learning and practicing their more basic skills like reading, composition and math are going to be a major hinderance as tech starts to replace jobs where people have comfortably been able to coast on a lot of these skills and will have problems finding better jobs.