national literacy

collocation in English

meaningsofnationalandliteracy

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national
adjective
uk
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈnæʃ.ən.əl/
relating to or typical of a whole country and its people, rather than to part of that country or to ...
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literacy
noun[U]
uk
/ˈlɪt.ər.ə.si/us
/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.si/
the ability to read ...
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(Definition ofnationalandliteracyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Despite significant increases in education budgets, especially at the provincial level,nationalliteracy rates improved only modestly from 14.4 per cent to 19.7 per cent between 1895 and 1910.
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This is particularly so given the development and implementation ofnationalliteracystrategies that have subsumed attention to the specific needs of minority students' literacy learning.
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Nationalliteracyrates were near 90 per cent by the 1950s.
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Although thenationalliteracystrategy is of considerable benefit to children with specific learning difficulties, some pupils' educational needs call for supplementary additional approaches.
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Ournationalliteracyand numeracy strategy will ensure that all primary teachers are trained to use the most effective teaching methods.
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What does he intend to do to re-energise thenationalliteracystrategy in primary education?
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Thenationalliteracyand numeracy strategy and the hard work of teachers in our primary schools have ensured that that improvement has come about.
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We will also focus grants for thenationalliteracyand numeracy strategies and the key stage 3 national strategy.
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They are increasingly involved in delivering thenationalliteracyand numeracy strategy.
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Thenationalliteracystrategy has at its heart the concept of inclusion.
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These results are clear evidence of the success of thenationalliteracyand numeracy strategies.
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The literacy hour has already raised standards in schools that took part in the pilotnationalliteracyproject.
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A daily literacy hour will be introduced as part of our £50 millionnationalliteracystrategy.
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The introduction of thenationalliteracystrategy in 1998 has brought about dramatic improvements in standards across the ability range.
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Swimming remained compulsory when the non-core subjects were temporarily suspended to allow for the establishment of thenationalliteracyand numeracy strategies.
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As well as the success of thenationalliteracyand numeracy strategy, the amount of money spent on capital projects in our schools has trebled.
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We are already well on track as a result of thenationalliteracyand numeracy strategies for schools.
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That is a great tribute to the success of thenationalliteracystrategy.
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Prior to thenationalliteracystrategy, many schools were using synthetic phonics barely or not at all.
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