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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/call-to-boost-adult-numeracy-skills.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Adults need to radically improve thier numercay skills, a report claims" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-call-to-boost-adult-numeracy-skills.jpg" alt="Adults need to radically improve thier numercay skills, a report claims"/></a></p>
<p>A new study has called for a radical overhaul of adult numeracy amid concerns that poor maths skills are costing the economy billions each year.</p>
<p>Poor numeracy skills have a &#8220;devastating&#8221; effect on many people&#8217;s lives, yet there is still a widespread attitude that being bad at maths is a &#8220;badge of honour&#8221;, according to the National Institute of Adults Continuing Education (NIACE).</p>
<p>Publishing the NIACE-led independent, inquiry into numeracy, the institute is calling for a &#8220;cultural shift in attitudes&#8221; to boost the numeracy skills of adults.</p>
<p>People who reach adulthood with poor numeracy skills are more than twice as likely to be unemployed, far less likely to receive work-related training, get a promotion or receive a raise, the report said.</p>
<p>Adults with poor numeracy skills are also more than twice as likely to be a teenage parent, have long-standing illnesses or disabilities and more likely to suffer from depression.</p>
<p>And the poor numeracy skills of adults is estimated to cost the economy £2.4 billion each year.</p>
<p>&#8220;Poor numeracy skills have a devastating effect on many people&#8217;s lives,&#8221; the report says. &#8220;We are faced with a large number of the adult population with poor numeracy skills not sufficient for the 21st century; with young people leaving school with inadequate skills for sustainable employment; with families unable to pass on skills to ensure their children have a better life chances than they do.&#8221;</p>
<p>The report puts forward a series of recommendations and urges the Government to adopt a new approach to numeracy that focuses on how adults use maths and numbers in their every day lives and for a new way of measuring how well adults use numeracy, such as how they manage bills, make decisions about credit and estimate time.</p>
<p>Carol Taylor, NIACE director of operations, said: &#8220;We have a huge numeracy problem in this country. We see having poor numeracy skills &#8211; being bad at maths &#8211; as a badge of honour.</p>
<p>&#8220;No one would dream of boasting that they couldn&#8217;t read, but many people stand on platforms, write in blogs, appear on radio and television TV, admit to friends and colleagues, proudly showcasing our inability to handle everyday maths.&#8221;</p>
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