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Numerical Illiteracy adds to unemployment
Research shows that millions of unemployed people have numerical illiteracy and cannot work out the change from Tend Rands if they spend five Rand. People with poor literacy and numeracy skills tend to be in low paid jobs or suffer lengthy periods of unemployment. At present, illiterate and innumerate adults are less likely to vote or own their own home, and are more prone to mental health problems. Many of them can't even read or calculate the dosage instructions on a bottle of medicine for a sick child.
Numerical illiteracy is a problem as well, particularly for those looking for jobs in the food- industry. Cooking relies on numbers: calculating portions for a dinner of four, or knowing how many people a kilogram of meat could serve. Every society today values a literate person and strives to eliminate illiteracy, as someone who is totally illiterate does not know how to read words or numbers and does not comprehend logical arguments. It is, of course, total numerical illiteracy that every society aims to eliminate, through an elementary education for all.
Every society today ought also to value numerate citizens and to strive to increase the functional numeracy of the population.
One can be highly functionally numerate without being a mathematician, as it is not the mathematical manipulation of numbers that is central to the notion of numeracy, but it is simply the ability to calculate sums for day to day requirements.
Even economically advanced societies have prized the goal of developing a functionally numerate citizenry than one that is functionally literate.
Given the poor numerical illiteracy results in schools populated by children of illiterate parents, Triple e is the key to arming oneself with remarkable skills, and their teachers, with the resources of the Training Centre, have a huge impact on those who were once unskilled, but who now have a vital tool to gain a place in the working world.
