Despite relatively high education rates, an analysis of international assessments by Statistics Canada in 2013 showed that more than one in six adult Canadians fell short of passing the most basic set of literacy tests.
Alright the information seems to be from reputable sources, the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC) and the conference board of Canada. It’s not that people are illiterate but that they struggle with a high school level English reading comprehension test. It seems it was more like 1/6 back in 2013
this title implies you also struggle with literacy.
sorry, that was mean
Found the Canadian
Your bot is double posting mate.
Thanks. I deleted the second post.
That cannot be accurate. I don’t for a minute believe half of canadians struggle with literacy.
1 in 6 sure.
This is a bad study, I don’t even have to read about it’s methodology to know that.
The article addresses that actually. Says it was around 1/6 in 2013.
“This sounds wrong so it must be a bad study, I won’t even bother checking” :(
50% is such a laughably high number, yes. Exactly that.
