“Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.” Quote by Hugh Mackay
“Parents should be encouraged to read to their children, and teachers should be equipped with all available techniques for teaching literacy, so the varying needs and capacities of individual kids can be taken into account.” NeedsShouldChildrenKidsIndividualParentEducationTakenTeacherTeachingCapacityAccountsAvailableEducationalTechniqueLiteracyBe Encouraged Author:Hugh Mackay
“Universal literacy was a 20th-century goal. Before then, reading and writing were skills largely confined to a small, highly educated class of professional people.” PeopleWritingReadingGoalEducationClassCenturySkillsUniversalEducationalEducated20th CenturyLiteracyConfinedReading And Writing Author:Hugh Mackay
“International Literacy Day is an occasion to celebrate the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies everywhere” IndividualCommunityEducationImportanceInternationalEducationalCelebrateOccasionsLiteracy Author:Koichiro Matsuura
“it is inconceivable that poverty eradication can make much headway in the absence of major advances in literacy.” EducationPovertyMajorsEducationalAbsenceLiteracy Author:Koichiro Matsuura
“Achieving the right to basic education for all is thus one of the biggest moral challenges of our times.” ChallengesEducationMoralAchieveEducationalOur TimeLiteracyEducation For AllBasic Education Author:Koichiro Matsuura
“A literate world is a possible and desirable one. There are enough resources. What is now needed is the collective will of the international community to ensure that the necessary support is forthcoming.” WorldEnoughCommunityEducationSupportNeededResourcesInternationalEducationalCollectivesLiteracyDesirableInternational CommunityForthcoming Author:Koichiro Matsuura
“Over the next two years UNICEF will focus on improving access to and the quality of education to provide children who have dropped out of school or who work during school hours the opportunity to gain a formal education!” YearsChildrenTwoSchoolNextOpportunityHoursEducationQualityFocusGainsEducationalAccessTwo YearsFormalImprovingLiteracyFormal EducationUnicefSchool Hours Author:Roger Moore
“Education is critical for people to become compassionate. If you don't know the problem and you don't know the reality, how can you help?” PeopleIfsKnowsHelpingProblemRealityEducationYouthEducationalCriticalCompassionate Author:Marla Ruzicka
“I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.” IfsWorldFeelsWellsStillsImportantCan DoCookingFrench Cooking Author:Julia Child