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Low Rates Of Numeracy Impacts Entire Region
MEDIA RELEASE
17 August 2010
Low Rates Of Numeracy In Auckland Adults Impacts On The Entire Region
51% of Auckland adults have low numeracy. Numeracy is applying maths in everyday life – shopping, calculating how much medication to take, or managing our money. Numeracy is also a key work skill; most jobs involve some kind of counting, measuring, weighing or estimating.
“Numeracy and literacy impact on economic productivity and social wellbeing in our city,” says COMET Chief Executive Bernardine Vester. “These are big issues for Auckland and the super city gives us an exciting opportunity to make a difference about numeracy and literacy.”
COMET has analysed the numeracy and literacy of adults in Auckland in a paper released today. This is the first time there has been an analysis of numeracy and literacy focused solely on Auckland.
COMET recommends that numeracy become a flagship social action project for the city and is calling for the new Mayor to spearhead a numeracy campaign across the city.
The paper also recommends that numeracy and literacy be put high on the agenda of the Auckland Council’s new Social Policy Forum.
The full paper can be downloaded from COMET’s website www.comet.org.nz
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