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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 7 DECEMBER 2021
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SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 7 DECEMBER 2021
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Adult Literacy Program
The Adult Literacy Program /s one of the less- working either one-on-one or in small groups.
visible but most-valuable services that our Learners range in age from 18 to 1 and
liorary delivers. The program provides free individual lesson plans are developed for the
assistance and support in all aspects of literacy, specific needs of each learner,
numeracy and English language skills. The success of this program ranges from small
everyday achievements, such as enabling
Arecent survey revealed that 43% a learner to pay their own bills, complete
(or seven million) Australians currently Centrelink and medical paperwork:
lack the necessary literacy, numeracy independently, or pass their learner driver
and/or English language skills to function test, through to helping an ESL learner achieve
effectively, and with confidence, in their an average a See
everyday lives. Basic tasks such as grocery pass a citizenship test, start a successful local
shopping, obtaining a driver's licence, small business, or gain employment as a
ordering from a menu or reading to teacher, doctor or engineer. The new-found
children or grandchildren are a daily confidence in our learners often results in them
struggle, resulting in life-long feelings of wanting oo become More involved In their
humillationand selfedoubt community, This enriches their own lives, as well
as those around them,
The aim of the Adult Literacy Program is to ‘
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English-speaking background, to enable them —
to obtain employment, function competently in : ~
daily life, interact with, and contribute
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Everyday Australian English and Conversation
classes,
In non-Covid times the program assists up —
to 40 learners with between 30-35 tutors 2
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