Coronavirus Scotland: Numeracy skills 'crisis' for jobless
PREMIUM People with low numeracy skills may not be able to carry out tasks such as understanding pay slips and making calculations involving time and dates. Covid-19 has exposed an adult numeracy “crisis”, with tens of thousands of unemployed Scots facing bleak prospects because they find it difficult to complete basic tasks such as understanding pay slips and working out discounts. The warning comes in new research that is calling for more to be done to help those with the lowest confidence and skills take the first step and access learning opportunities. It found around 74 per cen...
Source: heraldscotland.com