Who is seeking literacy and upgrading education?
Patterns of Participation interviewed more than 300 people who were seeking information about literacy and upgrading education across Canada (with the exception of French Canada and the Yukon). – More than 80 percent identify English as their language of greatest fluency. – Nearly half are employed. – Nearly a quarter are receiving some form of social assistance. – Close to half of potential learners live in households with annual incomes of less than $20,000 a year. A number of barriers to literacy The Patterns of Participation study identified a wide array of factors that stand in the way of increasing literacy skills among Canadian adults. Program/policy-related factors – 43 percent of callers don t enrol because of program/policy-related problems such as not being called back by a program contact person, long waiting lists, inconvenient course times, wrong content or teaching structure, and unhelpful program contact. – Of those who enrol but drop out, more than a quarter identify p
