BC Leaders’ Survey
“Relative to other social issues, and on a scale of 5
to 1 (most to least), how would you rate the seriousness of the literacy
challenge?”
|
All
|
Bus |
Lab |
Gov |
CD |
ED |
WLP |
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
| 5 |
18 |
11 |
24 |
7 |
15 |
27 |
22 |
| 4 |
48 |
49 |
43 |
56 |
49 |
56
|
38 |
| 3 |
26 |
30 |
27 |
29
|
26 |
15 |
33 |
| 2 |
7 |
11 |
6 |
7 |
10
|
2 |
7 |
| 1 |
- |
- |
-
|
- |
- |
- |
-
|
|
NOTE: Due to rounding, percentages may not
exactly total 100% |
Two thirds of respondents rated literacy as important
relative to other social issues. Educators were the most likely to feel this
way (80%) while business was the least likely (50%).
BC Leaders’ Survey
“Why do you feel this way?”
|
All |
Bus |
Lab |
Gov |
CD |
ED |
WLP |
|
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
% |
| Effect on Other Issues |
33 |
21 |
19
|
38 |
42
|
46 |
43 |
| Foundational |
32 |
33
|
33 |
36
|
33 |
39
|
11 |
| Other Issues More Important |
25 |
31 |
21 |
24 |
27
|
17 |
25 |
| Economic Impact |
16 |
15 |
13 |
18 |
13
|
15
|
32 |
| Impact on Workplace |
12 |
12 |
25
|
13 |
4 |
11 |
4 |
| Personal Impact |
7 |
7 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
NOTE: As many respondents gave more than one answer,
percentages do not total 100%
Among the 67% who rated the importance of literacy as a 4
or 5, the most frequent explanations given were that literacy affected and was
foundational for so many other issues. Many respondents – and particularly
workforce literacy practitioners and labour – cited the economic impact of
literacy and/or its impact on the workplace as a reason for its importance.
Virtually all of the 33% of the respondents who rated the
importance of the literacy challenge as a 2 or 3 relative to other social
issues said they felt that other issues are more important. |
