When these children become literate, become educated, that's going to cause a big shift.

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By educating rural children, Ly said she hopes they'll help build up their communities to become literate, critical thinking people -- qualities she believes can help her country avoid the destruction it experienced under the Khmer Rouge.

CNN: Tour guide helps kids find way to school

From fishermen to homemakers, from pre-schoolers to dropouts, from teachers to municipal workers - not forgetting the very young, the very old and the marginalized - the entire local population in the Municipality of Agoo in La Union, the Philippines, has the chance to become literate or upgrade their skills thanks to its municipal authority.

UNESCO: Education

Executives in the C-suite may not spend a lot of time discussing the merits of Hadoop but they have become technologically literate, said Mills, and they are very focused on results.

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The minister argued during a debate on literacy that it forms the cornerstone of learning and therefore every teacher in Wales has a responsibility to ensure that their teaching supports young people to become fully literate.

BBC: Debate on literacy

She said children needed more help to become more "emotionally literate" so they could speak about their problems.

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First of all, information gatekeepers such as teachers and media practitioners should become highly media and information literate in order to train their students.

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2012