On International Book Day, poorer Irish children bottom of literacy leagues [labour.ie]
- Published: 04 March 2010
As Irish schools celebrate International Book Day across the country, the stark reality of the literacy standards in our poorer communities stands as a damning indictment of our inability to empower our most vulnerable children with the most fundamental of tools - the ability to read.
The cold fact is that 30 per cent of children that live in disadvantaged areas have basic reading problems, a statistic which is an embarrassment in a country which is so quick to celebrate its literary heritage.
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