Province invests $2.4 million in adult literacy

PRINCE GEORGE–Stronger reading, writing and math skills, that’s what the province is hoping to develop in more than 80 communities across the province with an investment in Community Adult Literacy Programming (CALP.)

$2.4 million will be shared among 94 community adult literacy programs that are run by 69 different service providers. Post-secondary institutions are one of those providers, and The College of New Caledonia is one of the post-secondaries to benefit from the investment, with programs such as Power of Words running out of the Burns Lake Public Library, Literacy Support McLeod Lake at the McLeod Lake Indian Band, Indigenous Adult Literacy Program at the Literacy Quesnel Society.

The programming will include a variety of learning opportunities, including one-on-one and small group instruction, and supports all levels of literacy from basic to high-school completion.