• Makes People Healthier

Each extra year of a mother's schooling reduces the probability of infant mortality by 5% to 10%. 

• Increases Income

One extra year of schooling increases an individual's earnings by up to 10%. 

• Promotes Girls' and Women's Rights

One additional school year can increase a woman's earnings by 10% to 20%. 

• Fosters Peace

If the enrollment rate for secondary schooling is 10% higher than the average, the risk of war is reduced by about 3%.

• Reduces Poverty

If all students in low income countries left school with basic reading skills, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty.

• Boosts Economic Growth

Each additional year of schooling raises average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth by 0.37%.

• Saves Children's Lives

A child whose mother can read is 50% more likely to live past age 5.

Is literacy important?

Being illiterate can have a big effect on people's lives. For example, a study in the UK showed that people who write and spell badly are seen as careless, immature and unreliable, and often unintelligent. So it is more difficult for them to find jobs, even when reading and writing are not necessary for the work.

World-wide statistics show that literacy problems are associated with poverty and a lack of political power. More women than men are illiterate. Illiterate people have worse health, bigger families and are more likely to go to prison. So literacy campaigns must be a good thing. But don't forget that an illiterate person, or someone with a low level of literacy, isn't necessarily stupid or ignorant, and may not be unhappy at all. Knowledge and wisdom isn't only found in writing.

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Answer the questions:

1. What is the impact of investing in education?

2. What are the benefits of education according to ‘Global Partnership for Education’? Add your ideas why education is crucial for sustainable living.

3. What is the link between obstacles in finding a job, health problems, criminal record and being illiterate?

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Give the synonyms for the following words; provide your sentences to exemplify the use of these words.

To foster, to enroll, to mitigate, transparency, graft, viable, sustainable, illiterate.

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Match the collocations:

increase	women’s rights
boost	poverty
promote	economic growth
foster	income
encourage	peace
reduce	transparency

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Match the words with their definitions:

Transparency	illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour, especially by people in positions of power;
Graft	The act of putting yourself or someone else onto the official list of members of a course, college, or group;
Income	the way that organizations or countries are managed at the highest level, and the systems for doing this;
Literacy	The quality of being done in an openway withoutsecrets;
Corruption	a situation in which something is not likely to move or change;
Poverty	The ability to read and write;
Governance	The right of different groups of people to have a similar social position and receive the same treatment;
Enrollment	money that is earned from doing work or received from investments;
Equality	The condition of being extremely poor;
Stability	The act of getting money or advantage through the dishonest use of political power and influence.

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Translate the following sentences from Ukrainian into English.

1. За світовою статистикою, в країнах з низькими прибутками рівень письменності населення набагато нижчий, ніж в країнах, де бідність не є гострою соціальною проблемою.

2. Освіта допомагає людям краще влаштувати своє життя, а також створює можливості для стійкого економічного росту країни.

3. Освіта допомагає попередити поширення ВІЛ/СНІД та інших тяжких захворювань.

4. З кожним додатковим роком у школі людина підвищує свої шанси більше заробляти на 10%.

5. Письменним людям у всьому світі набагато легше знайти добре оплачувану роботу.

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Translate the phrases from the table, rewrite the sentences using them. Provide your own sentences for the remaining phrases.

to have an ability

to have a gift (for)

to be a genius/ brilliant

to be good/ bad at

to be at odds with

to do well/ badly

to spend all one’s time on books

to spend a lot of time practising

to put in a lot of reading

to slave at one’s books

to swot

to do a lot of swotting

to enjoy studying

to work with relish and application

to loathe

to be obliged

to be bored (with)

to lead the class (in)

to win all the prizes in the exams

to pass exams with flying colours

to be a top/ bottom student

to get a mark

to give a mark

a mark for an answer

a mark in a subject

1. This child is very gifted.

2. Mike always had bad marks at school.

3. Oliver read a lot before his exam.

4. Jimmy hated doing his homework.

5. Jack was the best student in the class.

6. He had to do much learning by heart because he was bad at physics.

7. You must be a brilliant student if you get the highest marks at all the exams.

8. He worked with joy and devotion to finally graduate from school with honours.

9. Mathematics seems very boring for Kate.

10. Jane is able to learn languages fast and effortlessly.

11. Any diligent student must read and exercise a lot before the exam.

12. I’ve always been at odds with the physical sciences.

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Fill in: fail; pass; take; sit; resit in the correct form.

6. I always revise thoroughly before I have to … an exam.

7. He^!s … his driving test next week.

8. Pat ... her exams with flying colours.

9. I’m not .surprised he …his exams, he didn't revise at all.

10. If she doesn't get high enough marks in her exams, she will … them in September.

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Match the verbs to the nouns, then make sentences using the collocations.

1. attend, go to, take, miss, hold, dismiss - grade

2. run, offer, do, take, enroll on, pass, fail - class

3. achieve, get, receive - course

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Underline the correct words.

1. The course is designed to develop/promote special study skills.

2. The institute only keeps/holds evening classes.

3. She has been accepted/admitted at York University.

4. I'm afraid you can't hold/keep a private conversation.

5. He retired at the end of a thirty-year teaching post/ career.

6. Apply for a fee/grant if you want to go to university,

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Fill each gap with the correct particle, then explain the phrasal verbs.

over up behind off out

1. Juliet was new to the class and had_; to do extra work to catch … with the others.

2. If you miss school for more than a couple of days, you are in danger of falling …with your work.

3. I need to go … my History notes because we've got a test on Monday.

4. If you don't pay attention, how do you expect to keep …with the lesson?

5. Look … the word in the dictionary if you're not sure what it means.

6. We had to put … our Biology field trip because the weather was so bad.

7. Simon was told… severely when his parents saw his school report.

8. We couldn't work … what had gone wrong with our science experiment, so in the end we had to start again.

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Underline the correct word in each of the sentences below. What do the phrases mean? Are there similar idioms in your language?

7. Claire learnt the poem by heart/mind before the presentation.

8. If you want to make the grade/result you'll have to study very hard.

9. I'm going to learn/teach that boy a lesson he won't forget.

10. Jacob is in a lesson/class of his own; his work is always excellent.

11. Sarah is very studious. She's always got her eyes/nose in a book.

12. In primary school everyone called me the teacher's love/pet because I always got good grades.

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Fill in: in, for, of, then make sentences about education.

1. to prepare ./revise ../study ___an exam;

2. to be top ___ the class;

3. to specialize___ smth.

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Read the text and note the phrases and collocations in bold, give the equivalent in Ukrainian. Study the vocabulary to be able to use it in further exercises.